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Implications of lipid raft disintegration: enhanced anti-inflammatory macrophage phenotype.
Surgery - 1 Aug 2004
Cuschieri Joseph
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lipid rafts are membrane microdomains characterized by an enriched cholesterol environment and appear to serve as a platform for signaling. Their role within the macrophage during endotoxin exposure is unknown. METHODS: THP-1 cells were subjected to lipopolysaccharide stimulation with or without methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) pretreatment, a cholesterol depleting agent. Cell surface expression of...
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