Technical Reference #341

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Macropinocytosis Is The Endocytic Pathway That Mediates Macrophage Foam Cell Formation With Native Low Density Lipoprotein Kruth; H.; Jones; N.; Huang; W.; Zhao; B.; Ishii; I.; Chang; J.; Combs; C.; Malide; D.; and Zhang; W-Y. Section of Experimental Atherosclerosis; NHLBI; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda; MD.; the Department of Pathology; Wake Forest Unive, National Institutes of Health, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280(341), (2005)
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Abstract:
Previously we reported that fluid-phase endocytosisof native LDL by PMA-activated human monocytederivedmacrophages converted these macrophagesinto cholesterol-enriched foam cells (Kruth H. S.Huang W. Ishii I. and Zhang W. Y. (2002) J. Biol

Microscopic Technique
Video Microscopy, Time Lapse Phase Contrast, Time-lapse Digital Confocal-Fluorescence Microscopy

Cell Type(s)
HFF