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SUBMITTER: Di Rienzo C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3555090 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Di Rienzo Carmine C Jacchetti Emanuela E Cardarelli Francesco F Bizzarri Ranieri R Beltram Fabio F Cecchini Marco M
Scientific reports 20130125
Lectin-like ox-LDL receptors (LOX-1) play a crucial role in the ox-LDL-induced pathological transformation of vessel-wall components, a crucial early step in atherogenesis. LOX-1 dynamics is quantitatively investigated in human endothelial cells (HUVECs) exposed to environmental nanotopographies. We demonstrate distinct nanotopography-induced cell phenotypes, characterized by different morphology, LOX-1 diffusivity and oligomerization state: HUVECs on flat surfaces exhibit the behavior found in ...[more]