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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2019 Mar 6;70(5):1658–1668.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2018.11.045

Figure 5.

Figure 5.

MasR deficiency increases atherosclerosis and AAAs in hyperlipidemic male mice. Summary of findings in both atherosclerosis and AAAs with MasR-deficient mice. With MasR deficiency, the balance of angiotensin peptides favors a pro-inflammatory, pro-apoptotic, pro-atherogenic environment with increased AAA formation and rupture.