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Very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) was incubated with CuCl2(10 (μmol/ L) at room temperature for 24 hours. The thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) was much higher and the electrophoretic mobility was much faster in VLDL after incubation with CuCl2 than that in VLDL without incubation with CuCl2. It demonstrated that VLDL was oxidatively modified by Cu2+. Endothelial cells were pretreated with normal VLDL (N-VLDL) and oxidatively modified VLDL (O-VLDL) and then the adhesion of monocyte to endothelial cells was assayed. We observed that O-VLDL at all the concentrations used enhanced monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells significantly. The results suggest that oxidative modification of VLDL may play a role in the early stage of atherogenesis by increasing monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells.
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You-mei, F., Zhi-bing, Z., Chun-ben, W. et al. Oxidatively modified very low density lipoprotein enhances monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells. Journal of Tongji Medical University 15, 129–132 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02888219
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02888219