Mouse Models of Vascular Diseases

Masataka Sata, MD, PhD: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University.

Part I　Re-stenosis Models After Angioplasty.- Wire-mediated endovascular injury that induces rapid onset of medial cell apoptosis followed by reproducible neointimal hyperplasia.- Cuff-induced neointima formation in mouse models.- Ligation of the Mouse Common Carotid Artery.- Photochemically Induced Endothelial Injury.- Part II　Thrombosis and Hemostasis Models.- Murine Models of Thrombosis and Hemostasis.- Part III　Transplant-Associated Atherosclerosis.- Murine Heart Transplantation and Graft Arterial Disease.- Murine Models of Vein Grafting.- Part IV　Hyperlipidemia-Induced Atherosclerosis.- Mouse Models of Atherosclerosis.- Part V　Aneurysm in the Aorta.- Angiotensin II-induced Aortic Aneurysms in Mice.- Mouse model of abdominal aortic aneurysm induced by CaCl2.- Mouse models of aortic aneurysm (tentative).- Part VI　Intracranial Aneurysm Models.- Technical aspects of mouse intracranial aneurysm model.- Experimental model of cerebral aneurysms in ovariectomized rats.- PartVII　Vascular Disease in Cerebral Arteries.- A model of stroke and vascular injury in the brain.- Part VIII　Kawasaki Disease.- Analysis of Kawasaki disease using a mouse model, CAWS vasculitis in DBA/2 mice, induced with a water-soluble extracellular polysaccharide fraction obtained from Candida albicans.