Chronic miR‐29 antagonism promotes favorable plaque remodeling in atherosclerotic mice
Ulrich V, Rotllan N, Araldi E, Luciano A, Skroblin P, Abonnenc M, Perrotta P, Yin X, Bauer A, Leslie KL, Zhang P, Aryal B, Montgomery RL, Thum T, Martin K, Suarez Y, Mayr M, Fernandez-Hernando C, Sessa WC. Chronic miR‐29 antagonism promotes favorable plaque remodeling in atherosclerotic mice. EMBO Molecular Medicine 2016, 8: 643-653. PMID: 27137489, PMCID: PMC4888854, DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201506031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlaque morphologyReduced lesion sizeAcute myocardial infarctionAtherosclerotic mouse modelVulnerable atherosclerotic lesionsFibrous cap thicknessPlaque extracellular matrixChronic administrationExtracellular matrixAtherosclerotic miceMyocardial infarctionPlaque remodelingSolid organsAbnormal remodelingMouse modelAtherosclerotic lesionsAtherosclerotic plaquesBlood chemistryLesion sizeMiR-29Necrotic zoneLesionsPlaquesCap thicknessMiR-29 target genes