In aged hyperlipidemic mice, aortic calcification progressed similarly with teriparatide and PBS vehicle.
In plain wordsIn mice, aortic calcification progressed similarly with lower-dose teriparatide and vehicle.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- No significant changeAortic calcification progression at lower dose
- Study
micen: not reported in source
Aged female apolipoprotein E-deficient mice with aortic calcification- Comparator
- PBS vehicle
- Outcome group
- Cardiovascular events · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 40 µg/kg daily · injection · 4.5 weeksAs given in this study (mice).
Source sentences
In both cohorts, aortic calcification detected by microCT progressed similarly in all groups.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Female apolipoprotein E-deficient mice were aged for over 1 yr to induce aortic calcification, treated for 4.5 wk with daily injections of control vehicle (PBS), 40 µg/kg teriparatide (PTH40), or 400 µg/kg teriparatide (PTH400), and assayed for aortic calcification by microcomputed tomography (micro…
In a followup cohort, aged female apolipoprotein E-deficient mice were treated with PBS or PTH400 and assayed for aortic calcification by serial microCT and micropositron emission tomography.