Atherosclerosis
Volume 191, Issue 1 , Pages 22-32 , March 2007

Troglitazone inhibits oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced macrophage proliferation: Impact of the suppression of nuclear translocation of ERK1/2

  • Miyuki Yano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Takeshi Matsumura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 96 373 5169; fax: +81 96 366 8397.
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  • Takafumi Senokuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Norio Ishii

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Motoshima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Tetsuya Taguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Tomoko Matsuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Kazuhiro Sonoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Daisuke Kukidome

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Masakazu Sakai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • Present address: Department of Internal Medicine, Nishi-Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto 861-4157, Japan.
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  • Teruo Kawada

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutrition Chemistry, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Takeshi Nishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Eiichi Araki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan

Received 18 October 2005 ,Revised 7 March 2006 ,Accepted 7 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.04.022

Atherosclerosis
Volume 191, Issue 1 , Pages 22-32 , March 2007