in mouse models. Because the decreased atherosclerosis was accompanied by a significant
decrease in plasma HDL levels, we examined the properties of PLTP knockout (PLTP0)
HDL and tested its ability to prevent LDL-induced monocyte chemotactic activity in human
artery wall cell cocultures. We isolated HDL and LDL from LDL receptor knockout/PLTP
knockout (LDLr0/PLTP0) mice and from apolipoprotein B transgenic (apoBTg)/PLTP0 mice …