Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (27): 4423-4428.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.27.029

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Establishing animal models of atherosclerosis

Huang Ai-liang, Huang Rong-zhi, Huang Xiao-qian, Huang Jian-hua, Zhou Yan   

  1. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Online:2015-06-30 Published:2015-06-30
  • Contact: Zhou Yan, M.D., Associate professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Huang Ai-liang, Studying for master’s degree, School of Preclinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Supported by:

     grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81360192; the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, No. 2012GXNSFCA053004; grants from the Higher Education Foundation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, No. 201203YB041

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Animal models of atherosclerosis play an important role in the research of the pathogenesis, 
 occurrence and development of atherosclerosis, as well as in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize and discuss the establishment of atherosclerosis models, explore the current situation and advance of atherosclerosis models, compare the advantages and disadvantages of various methods, and provide evidence for clinical investigation.
METHODS: A computer-based online search was conducted in SinoMed, VIP, Wanfang and PubMed databases by using the key words of “animal model, atherosclerosis, progression” from January 1990 to December 2014. The language was limited to both Chinese and English. Relevant articles were screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The documents about the methods of atherosclerosis model preparation, method improvement as well as their advantage and disadvantage were summarized.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 137 articles were included. Among them, 93 articles published earlier, duplicated, and similarly were excluded, and 44 references were finally included. The results demonstrated that, the main characteristics of models established with the high-fit diet are lipid storage. This method is commonly used due to its fixable operation. However, this method needs a long time and the position of athermanous plaque is unstable. That’s the reason why immune method, nerve and mechanical damaged method, hemodynamic method and genetic engineering method emerge. These novel methods facilitate the model establishment, and have their advantages and disadvantages. To a certain extent, they are different from human spontaneous type. Partial ligation plays irreplaceable functions when studying complications of atherosclerosis. The athermanous plaque formed by balloon injury shows accurate position, which is convenient for researchers to observe the changes of athermanous plaque after conducting all kinds of interventions. This model based on immunological method could provide guidance of vaccine research for atherosclerosis prevention. Therefore, they can choose more appropriate model formation method according to their own needs.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:肾移植肝移植移植;心脏移植;组织移植;皮肤移植;皮瓣移植;血管移植;器官移植组织工程

Key words: Tissue Engineering, Animals, Atherosclerosis, Hyperlipoidemia

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