Diet Induced Mild Hypercholesterolemia in Pigs: Local and Systemic Inflammation, Effects on Vascular Injury – Rescue by High-Dose Statin Treatment

• Marco Busnelli ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Busnelli, Stefano Manzini

  Affiliation Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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• Stefano Manzini ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Busnelli, Stefano Manzini

  Affiliation Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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• Alberto Froio,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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• Alessia Vargiolu,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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• Maria Grazia Cerrito,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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• Ryszard T. Smolenski,

  Affiliations Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy, Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland

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• Massimo Giunti,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy

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• Alessandro Cinti,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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• Augusta Zannoni,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy

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• Biagio Eugenio Leone,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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• Monica Forni,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy

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• Maria Laura Bacci,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy

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• Giorgio Maria Biasi,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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• Roberto Giovannoni,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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• Marialuisa Lavitrano

  * E-mail: marialuisa.lavitrano@unimib.it

  Affiliation Department of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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