show Abstracthide AbstractMice deficient in the LDL receptor (LDLR KO mice) fed with high fat diet (HFD) feeding have been widely used as a model to mimic human atherosclerosis. RNA-seq using aortic macrophages to investigate the effects of aortic macrophages on the plaque size progression. LDLR KO mice, 6-8 weeks old, were used, and fed with either an alternative HFD or a regular HFD. After aorta macrophages were isolated, RNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen) was used to isolate mRNA. Single end (50bp), unstranded, SMART-Seq v4 plus nextera (SMART-Seq v4 Ultra Low Input RNA Kit (Takara) ). The RNA-seq libraries were prepared with SMART-Seq v4 Ultra Low Input RNA Kit (Takara).