TY - GEN AU - Lau,Paul P AU - Li,Lan AU - Merched,Aksam J AU - Zhang,Alan L AU - Ko,Kerry W S AU - Chan,Lawrence TI - Nicotine induces proinflammatory responses in macrophages and the aorta leading to acceleration of atherosclerosis in low-density lipoprotein receptor(-/-) mice SN - 1524-4636 PY - 2006///0203 KW - Animals KW - Aorta KW - drug effects KW - Atherosclerosis KW - chemically induced KW - Chemokine CXCL1 KW - Chemokines KW - Chemokines, CXC KW - Cyclooxygenase 2 KW - genetics KW - Cytokines KW - blood KW - Disease Models, Animal KW - Gene Expression KW - Hypercholesterolemia KW - Interleukin-1 KW - Macrophages, Peritoneal KW - Male KW - Mice KW - Mice, Inbred C57BL KW - Mice, Mutant Strains KW - NF-kappa B KW - metabolism KW - Nicotine KW - pharmacology KW - Nicotinic Agonists KW - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II KW - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis KW - Receptors, LDL KW - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha KW - Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1161/01.ATV.0000193510.19000.10 ER -