Mouse Arteries With and Without Fatty Acid Synthase (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Mouse Arteries With and Without Fatty Acid Synthase

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Early areas of atherosclerosis (seen using a red stain that identifies fat) line the artery walls of a mouse fed a high-fat diet (top image), while much less disease is seen in a mouse fed a high-fat diet but unable to make fatty acid synthase in macrophages (bottom image).

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Washington University School of Medicine

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