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Oxidized low density lipoprotein inhibits macrophage apoptosis through activation of the PI 3-kinase/PKB pathway.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Sept 2001
Hundal R S, Salh B S, Schrader J W, Gómez-Muñoz A, Duronio V, Steinbrecher U P
Abstract excerpt
Oxidized LDL (oxLDL) is known to induce endothelial adhesion molecule and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 expression and this is thought to be involved in monocyte recruitment into atherosclerotic lesions. oxLDL has also been found to induce macrophage proliferation. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether oxLDL might also have the ability to increase macrophage populations by inhibiting...
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