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SUBMITTER: Song L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3137020 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Song Li L Lee Carolyn C Schindler Christian C
Journal of lipid research 20110513 8
Scavenger receptors (ScRs) are a structurally unrelated family of receptors with the ability to bind modified low density lipoprotein (LDL) as well as a broad range of polyanionic ligands. CD68, whose expression is restricted to mononuclear phagocytes, is a unique ScR family member, owing to its lysosome associated membrane protein (LAMP)-like domain and predominant endosomal distribution. Knockout (ko) mice were generated to directly evaluate the role murine CD68 may play in oxidized LDL (Ox-LD ...[more]