Vitamin D deficiency induces high blood pressure and accelerates atherosclerosis in mice.

Vitamin D deficiency induces high blood pressure and accelerates atherosclerosis in mice.

Multiple epidemiological studies link vitamin D deficiency to increased cardiovascular disease (CVD), but causality and possible mechanisms underlying these associations are not established. To clarify the role of vitamin D-deficiency in CVD in vivo, we generated mouse models of diet-induced vitamin...

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Main Authors: Sherry Weng, Jennifer E Sprague, Jisu Oh, Amy E Riek, Kathleen Chin, Miguel Garcia, Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3551761?pdf=render

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