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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Per-Arne Svensson
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-4630 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 20060601 8
<h4>Objective</h4>Atherosclerotic lesions have regions that are hypoxic. Because the lesion contains macrophages that are loaded with lipid, we investigated whether hypoxia can influence the accumulation of lipids in these cells.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Exposure of human macrophages to hypoxia for 24 hours resulted in an increased formation of cytosolic lipid droplets and an increased accumulation of triglycerides. Exposure of the macrophages to oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) increa ...[more]