Here, we transplanted bone marrow from either Acod1+/+ or Acod1−/− mice into lethally irradiated atherosclerosis-susceptible Ldlr−/− mice (Acod1+/+ → Ldlr−/− and Acod1−/− → Ldlr−/−, respectively) (Fig. 1A). Here, LDLR is linked to atherosclerosis.