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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the ultrastructure of the left anterior descending coronary artery in 6 female cynomolgus macaques fed atherogenic food containing 0.5% cholesterol for 6 months, and in 2 female cynomolgus macaques that had received food low in cholesterol. Animals given the atherogenic food had coronary artery lesions of a characteristic two-level architecture consisting of a lipid-poor upper cap, and of a lipid-rich lower core. The cap consisted of layers of smooth muscle cells that were rich in rough endoplasmic reticulum and contained few myofilaments and relatively few lipid droplet inclusions. The core consisted mainly of macrophages overloaded with droplet inclusions (macrophage foam cells), droplet-laden smooth muscle cells, and extracellular lipid and cell debris. Some macrophage foam cells were in mitosis. The largest lipid cores contained multinucleate giant cells with large intracellular crystal clefts. Dead macrophage foam cells were the source of the extracellular lipid and debris particles. Intimal cores often extended into the adjacent media. The adventitia was involved in the intima-media lesions in 3 of the animals. Compared with the coronary artery lesions of rhesus macaques and patas monkeys given similar atherogenic diets, cynomolgus monkey lesions were morphologically closer to human atherosclerotic plaques with respect to their stratification into a cap and a core.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9150
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
151-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Arteriosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Child, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Cholesterol, Dietary, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Coronary Disease, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Coronary Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Diet, Atherogenic, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Erythrocebus patas, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Macaca fascicularis, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Macaca mulatta, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:7115459-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Ultrastructure of experimental coronary artery atherosclerosis in cynomolgus macaques. A comparison with the lesions of other primates.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports