Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México. Electronic address: [Email]
Atherosclerosis as an inflammatory disease involved in the etiology of cardiovascular disease worldwide, in our days demands an array of different therapeutic approaches in order to soon be able to visualize an effective prevention. Based on an immunotherapeutic approach, we designed a non-invasive vaccine (HB-ATV-8), contained in a micellar nanoparticle composed of lipids and a peptide segment derived from the C-terminus of the cholesterol-ester transfer protein (CETP). Now we extend our successful proof of concept from the rabbit to a porcine model and investigated its effect in an attempt to undoubtedly establish the efficacy of vaccination in a model closer to the human.
