Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Choi SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3284564 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choi Soo-Ho SH Wiesner Philipp P Almazan Felicidad F Kim Jungsu J Miller Yury I YI
PloS one 20120222 2
Oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) turns it into an endogenous ligand recognized by pattern-recognition receptors. We have demonstrated that minimally oxidized LDL (mmLDL) binds to CD14 and mediates TLR4/MD-2-dependent responses in macrophages, many of which are MyD88-independent. We have also demonstrated that the mmLDL activation leads to recruitment of spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) to TLR4 and TLR4 and Syk phosphorylation. In this study, we produced a macrophage-specific S ...[more]