Hypercholesterolaemic Serum Increases the Permeability of Endothelial Cells through Zonula Occludens-1 with Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Signaling Pathway

Purpose. Hypercholesterolemia and tight junctions play important roles in atherosclerosis. But the relationship between these two factors is unclear. In the present study, we investigated whether hypercholesterolemic serum could change the permeability of endothelial cells through altering expressio...

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Main Authors: Chang Bian, Geng Xu, Jianan Wang, Ji Ma, MeiXiang Xiang, Peng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/814979