Chondroitin sulfate-modified LDL induces increased cholesteryl ester synthesis and down-regulation of LDL receptors in smooth muscle cells and macrophages

• Tircol Magdalena,
• Tirziu Daniela,
• Simionescu Maya

Affiliations

Tircol Magdalena

Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology “N. Simionescu”, 79691, Bucharest, Romania

Tirziu Daniela

Angiogenesis Research Center and Section of Cardiology, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA

Simionescu Maya

Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology “N. Simionescu”, 79691, Bucharest, Romania