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Impact of Salusin-α and -β on Human Macrophage Foam Cell Formation and Coronary Atherosclerosis

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22

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2008

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Takuya Watanabe, Kae Nishio, Tomoko Kanome, Taka‐aki Matsuyama, Shinji Koba, Tetsuo Sakai, Kengo Sato, Shigeki Hongo, Kiyoshi Nose, Hidekazu Ota,
Circulation

Abstract

Our results indicate that the 2 salusin isoforms have opposite effects on foam cell formation in human monocyte-derived macrophages. Development of atherosclerosis may be accelerated by salusin-beta and suppressed by salusin-alpha via ACAT-1 regulation.

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