Aspirin increases CD36, SR-BI, and ABCA1 expression in human THP-1 macrophages

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OBJECTIVE: CD36 is a receptor, whose expression increases during the differentiation of monocytes to macrophages, playing a key role in the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells and in the formation of foam cells during atherosclerosis. Recently, it has been described that ligands of PPARgamma induce CD36 expression and inhibit cyclooxygenase expression in macrophages. Our aim was to study whether the reduction of...

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