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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Immunol. 2012 Sep 5;189(7):3681–3688. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201541

Figure 2. TLR4 deficiency confers enhanced susceptibility to atherosclerosis in the aorta following infection with P. gingivalis.

Figure 2

(A) Sudan IV staining of aorta en face lesions 16 wks following first infection with P. gingivalis. (B) Quantification of lipid content within the total aorta of uninfected (white bars) and P. gingivalis infected mice (gray bars) (n=10-13/group). Percentage of aorta occupied by lipids was calculated using IPLab software (Becton, Dickinson and Company). *p<0.05, ***p<0.001. **p< 0.01.