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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2009 Jul 9;105(3):295–303. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.194613

Table 2.

Sphingomyelin, Ceramide, and phosphatidylcholine levels in mouse brachiocephalic artery

Mice SM PC Ceramide PC/SM

(nmole/whole BCA)
WT→LDLr−/− 0.50±0.05 1.13±0.17 0.036±0.007 2.25±0.16
SMS2−/−→LDLr−/− 0.43±0.03 1.19±0.11 0.035±0.005 2.71±0.32*

Value: mean±SD; N=6. Lipids were measured by LC/MS/MS.

*

P<0.05. SM, Sphingomyelin; PC, Phosphatidylcholine.