“…Previous studies conducted in our laboratory have demonstrated that LDLR-/-mice fed high-fat diets developed severe mixed hyperlipidemia followed by a decrease in the serum levels of HDL and left ventricular hypertrophy (4,(15)(16)(17), which involves CD40L signaling (3). Furthermore, they presented lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation associated with insulin resistance with hyperinsulinemia (4,15) and increased serum levels of CRP ( 4).…”