Browsing School of Medicine by Author "Howard Hsu"

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Accumulation of low density lipoprotein associated cholesterol in calcifying vesicle fractions correlates with intimal thickening in thoracic aortas of juvenile rabbits fed a supplemental cholesterol diet

Howard Hsu; Nathan Culley (BioMedCentral, 2006-06-23)

BACKGROUND:It has been shown that calcifying vesicles play an important role in aortic calcification and that cholesterol content in the isolated vesicle fraction is increased when rabbits are fed supplemental cholesterol ...
Effects of dietary calcium on atherosclerosis, aortic calcification, and icterus in rabbits fed a supplemental cholesterol diet

Howard Hsu; Nathan Culley (BioMedCentral, 2009-04-22)

BACKGROUND:Vascular calcification is implicated in myocardial infarction, instability and rigidity of the aortic wall, and bioprosthetic failures. Although an increase in the calcium (Ca) content in atherogenic diets has ...
Induction of calcification by serum depletion in cell culture: a model for focal calcification in aortas related to atherosclerosis

Howard Hsu; Antonio Artigues; Maria Villar (BioMedCentral, 2006-10-16)

BACKGROUND:Since aortic calcification has been shown to initiate in the lower zone of well-thickened plaques (LZP) adjacent to the aortic media of rabbits fed supplemental cholesterol diets, a restricted supply of serum ...