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OxLDL stimulates lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 expression in THP-1 monocytes via PI3K and p38 MAPK pathways
Author(s) -
Wenyi Wang,
Jie Li,
Yang Ding,
Wei Xü,
Ruopeng Zha,
Yiping Wang
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
cardiovascular research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.774
H-Index - 219
eISSN - 1755-3245
pISSN - 0008-6363
DOI - 10.1093/cvr/cvp367
Subject(s) - lipoprotein associated phospholipase a2 , phosphatidylinositol , p38 mitogen activated protein kinases , mapk/erk pathway , phospholipase a2 , chemistry , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , protein kinase a , lipoprotein , phospholipase , kinase , microbiology and biotechnology , foam cell , lipid signaling , monocyte , biochemistry , signal transduction , enzyme , biology , cholesterol , immunology
Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (lp-PLA2) has been detected in human and rabbit atherosclerotic lesions, where it co-localizes with its substrate, oxidized LDL (oxLDL). Here, we investigated whether oxLDL may exert a regulatory effect on lp-PLA2 expression.

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