Effects of pcsk9 siRNA on THP-1 derived macrophages apoptosis induced by oxLDL

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-330

  Liu, Lu Shan ^a   Xie, Min ^a   Jiang, Zhi Sheng ^a   Yang, Qiong ^a   Pan, Li Hong ^a   Wu, Chun Yan ^a   Tang, Zhi Han ^a   Tang, Chao Ke ^a   Wei, Dang Heng ^a   Wang, Zuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Macrophages; Oxidized low density lipoprotein; Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 neural apoptosis regulated convertase 1; Small interfering RNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650751404     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1206.2008.00427     Document Type: Article

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