Evaluation of foam cell formation in cultured macrophages: An improved method with Oil Red O staining and DiI-oxLDL uptake

Cytotechnology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 473-481

  Xu, Suowen ^a   Huang, Yan ^a   Xie, Yu ^b   Lan, Tian ^a   Le, Kang ^a   Chen, Jianwen ^a   Chen, Shaorui ^a   Gao, Si ^a   Xu, Xiangzhen ^a   Shen, Xiaoyan ^a   Huang, Heqing ^a   Liu, Peiqing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; DiI oxLDL; Foam cell; Macrophages; Oil Red O

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3'3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCYANIDE PERCHLORATE OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; FAT DROPLET; FLUORESCENT DYE; OIL RED O; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FOAM CELL; FROZEN SECTION; IN VIVO CULTURE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STAINING;

MUS; TETRA;

EID: 78651474015     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: 15730778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10616-010-9290-0     Document Type: Article

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