LDLR and coronary atherosclerosis: Interestingly, diet induced coronary artery atherosclerosis in SR-B1/LDLR dKO mice is correlated with increased expression of VCAM-1 in coronary arteries, elevated monocyte and lymphocyte counts in blood, and high levels of inflammatory cytokines in plasma compared to LDLR KO mice that are fed the same diets (Fuller et al., 2014).