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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular pharmacology2015

Probucol Protects Against Atherosclerosis Through Lipid-lowering and Suppressing Immune Maturation of CD11c+ Dendritic Cells in STZ-induced Diabetic LDLR-/- Mice.

Hong Zhu, Xueting Jin, Jingjing Zhao, Zhen Dong, Xin Ma, Fang Xu, Wei Huang, George Liu, Yunzeng Zou, Keqiang Wang and 3 more

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hong Zhu*Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; †Department of cardiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; ‡Institute of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; and §Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Xueting Jin
Jingjing Zhao
Zhen Dong
Xin Ma
Fang Xu
Wei Huang
George Liu
Yunzeng Zou
Keqiang Wang
Kai Hu
Aijun Sun
Junbo Ge
Fudan University · CNPeking University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CNThe First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Probucol, an agent characterized by lipid-lowering and antioxidant property, retards atherosclerosis effectively. To test the hypothesis that probucol might act its antiatherosclerotic role by suppressing immune maturation of dendritic cells (DCs), 7-week-old LDLR mice were rendered diabetic with streptozotocin (STZ) and then fed either a high-fat diet only or added with 0.5% (wt/wt) probucol for 4 months, and human monocyte-derived dendritic cells were preincubated with or without probucol and stimulated by oxidized low-density lipoprotein. In STZ-induced diabetic LDLR mice, probucol treatment significantly lowered plasma total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels; regressed aortic atherosclerotic lesions; reduced splenic CD40, CD80, CD86, MHC-II expression, and plasma IL-12p70 production; and decreased the expression of CD11c DCs within atherosclerotic lesions. In vitro, oxidized low-density lipoprotein promoted human monocyte-derived dendritic cells maturation; stimulated CD40, CD86, CD1a, HLA-DR expression; increased tumor necrosis factor-α production; and decreased IL-4 production. However, these effects were obviously inhibited by probucol pretreatment. In conclusion, our study indicated that probucol effectively retarded atherosclerosis at least partly through lipid-lowering and inhibiting immune maturation of CD11c DCs in STZ-induced diabetic LDLR mice.

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StreptozocinAnimalsAortic DiseasesAtherosclerosisBiomarkersCD11c AntigenCells, CulturedCholesterolCytokinesDendritic CellsDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic AngiopathiesDiet, High-FatDown-RegulationHumansHypolipidemic AgentsBiomarkersCD11c AntigenCholesterolCytokinesHypolipidemic AgentsInflammation MediatorsLipoproteins, LDLoxidized low density lipoproteinProbucolReceptors, LDLStreptozocin

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PMID25714599
PMCPMC4461394
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