Review Article
Macrophages and Their Role in Atherosclerosis: Pathophysiology and Transcriptome Analysis
Table 2
Effect of LDL on cytokine gene expression.
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Monocytes were isolated from whole blood of healthy donors by density gradient followed by selection of CD14+ cells by magnetic separation. Cells were cultured for 7 days. Native or atherogenic LDL was added at a concentration of 100 µg/mL and the cells were incubated for 24 hours. RNA was isolated and gene expression was measured by RT-PCR technique. The table shows the relative expression of the genes. As 1, the control gene expression (without LDL) was taken. Values in parentheses are standard deviations. |