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. 2020 Nov 28;11(12):1427. doi: 10.3390/genes11121427

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Strain- and location-specific atherosclerosis susceptibility. Plaques in the aortic arches of Apoe−/− mice on the genetic background of 129 (left panel) and C57BL/B6 (right panel) mice stained red with Sudan IVB. The brachiocephalic trunks (blue arrowheads) are shorter in 129 than in B6. Black arrow, the attachment site of the ductus arteriosus to each aorta; rs, right subclavian artery; rc, right common carotid artery; lc, left common carotid artery; ls, left subclavian artery. Modified from [26].