17 HDL studies for meta analysis.

Seventeen HDL studies are combined in the meta analysis. U in the Ref column represents a data set that is not yet published. Mice for the HMDPxB panel were created by breeding females of the various HMDP inbred strains to males carrying transgenes for both Apoe Leiden and for human Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein (CETP) on a C57BL/6 genetic background. The Leiden/CETP transgenes [48], [49] cause high total cholesterol level and high LDL cholesterol level in the circulation, along with reduced HDL cholesterol. BxD db/db denotes a population of F2 mice from a cross between C57BL/6 DBA/2 with homozygous deficiency in leptin receptor (db/db), which results in obese mice. BxH Apoe -/- denotes denotes a population of F2 mice from a cross between C57BL/6 and C3H also carrying a deficiency in apolipoprotein E. CxB LDLR -/- denotes a population of F2 mice from a cross between C57BL/6 and BALB/cBy also carrying a deficiency in LDL receptor, which results in high LDL cholesterol level in the circulation BXH wildtype denotes a population of F2 mice from a cross between C57BL/6 and C3H.