| Literature DB >> 12183595 |
Erwin Blessing1, Lee Ann Campbell, Michael E Rosenfeld, Cho-chou Kuo.
Abstract
Chlamydia pneumoniae has been shown to accelerate atherosclerotic lesion development in hyperlipidemic animals. This study showed that C. pneumoniae did not accelerate lesion development in mice if a high-fat/high-cholesterol diet was started after infection, indicating that C. pneumoniae is a co-risk factor with hyperlipidemia for cardiovascular disease.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12183595 PMCID: PMC128267 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5332-5334.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441