The role of autophagy in survival response induced by 27-hydroxycholesterol in human promonocytic cells

Autophagy has been shown to be stimulated in advanced atherosclerotic plaques by metabolic stress, inflammation and oxidized lipids. The lack of published studies addressing the potential stimulation of pro-survival autophagy by oxysterols, a family of cholesterol oxidation products, has prompted ou...

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Main Authors: Beyza Vurusaner, Simona Gargiulo, Gabriella Testa, Paola Gamba, Gabriella Leonarduzzi, Giuseppe Poli, Huveyda Basaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Redox Biology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231718302684