MRI follow-up of TNF-dependent differential progression of atherosclerotic wall-thickening in mouse aortic arch from early to advanced stages

Kober, Frank; Canault, Matthias; Peiretti, Franck; Mueller, Christoph; Kopp, Francis; Alessi, Marie-Christine; Cozzone, Patrick J; Nalbone, Gilles; Bernard, Monique (2007). MRI follow-up of TNF-dependent differential progression of atherosclerotic wall-thickening in mouse aortic arch from early to advanced stages. Atherosclerosis, 195(2), e93-9. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.06.015

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OBJECTIVES: An optimized, longitudinal in vivo magnetic resonance vessel wall-imaging protocol was evaluated regarding its capability of detecting differences in the time-dependent atherosclerotic lesion progression in the aortic arch between ApoE(-/-) and double-deficient ApoE(-/-)/TNF(-/-) mice at comparatively early plaque development stages. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seven ApoE(-/-) and seven ApoE(-/-)/TNF(-/-) female mice underwent MRI at 11.75 teslas at four stages up to 26 weeks of age. A double-gated spin-echo MRI sequence was used with careful perpendicular slice positioning to visualize the vessel wall of the ascending aortic arch. RESULTS: Wall-thickness progression measured with MRI was significant at 11 weeks of age in ApoE(-/-) mice, but only at 26 weeks in ApoE(-/-)/TNF(-/-) mice. A significant correlation was found between MRI wall-thickness and lesion area determined on histology. CONCLUSION: MRI was shown to be sensitive enough to reveal subtle genetically-induced differences in lesion progression at ages earlier than 25 weeks.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology

UniBE Contributor:

Müller, Christoph (C)

ISSN:

0021-9150

ISBN:

17662986

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:54

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:32

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.06.015

PubMed ID:

17662986

Web of Science ID:

000207653200011

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/22831 (FactScience: 37215)

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