Our studies were carried out with mice being fed a high fat diet for 30 weeks compared to the LDLrKO study where mice were fed a high fat diet for only 16 weeks.Age is known to be an important risk factor for atherosclerosis and the influence of both GzmB and Prf1 may be greater when examining a more severe plaque such as those seen in aged mice[57]. The gene discussed is GZMB; the disease is atherosclerosis.