Absence of adipocyte fatty acid binding protein prevents the development of accelerated atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic mice.

Animals Aorta/metabolism,pathology Apolipoproteins E/deficiency,genetics Arteriosclerosis/metabolism,pathology,prevention & control Carrier Proteins/genetics,physiology Cholesterol/blood Collagen/metabolism Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7 Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins Hypercholesterolemia/complications Lipid Metabolism Macrophages/pathology Mice Mice, Knockout Neoplasm Proteins Nerve Tissue Proteins Triglycerides/blood

Apolipoproteins E Carrier Proteins Fabp5 protein, mouse Fabp7 protein, mouse Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7 Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins Neoplasm Proteins Nerve Tissue Proteins Triglycerides Collagen Cholesterol