Research Article

Combination Therapy with a Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor and a Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor Additively Suppresses Macrophage Foam Cell Formation and Atherosclerosis in Diabetic Mice

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(a) Correlation between foam cell formation and the mRNA levels of genes associated with foam cell formation in peritoneal macrophages isolated from diabetic db/db mice. Lox-1, (A); CD36, (B); ABCA1, (C); ABCG1, (D). (b) Correlation between the mRNA levels of genes associated with foam cell formation and HbA1c levels in db/db mice. Lox-1, (E); CD36, (F); ABCA1, (G); ABCG1, (H).
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