Aliquots of protein extracts (20 μg) derived from THP1 monocytes, their derived macrophages, HUVECs, and HASMCs were separated by 10% sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and then immunoblotted with specific antibodies raised against the following proteins: CD68, ACAT1, ICAM1, VCAM1 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), ABCA1, collagen 1 (Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO, USA), collagen 3, fibronectin, arginase 1, phospho (Ser529)-NFκB, α-tubulin, MMP2 (GeneTex, Irvine, CA, USA), MMP9 (EnoGene, Atlanta, GA, USA), elastin, MARCO, selectin E (Bioss, Woburn, MA, USA), PPARγ (Signalway Antibody, College Park, MD, USA), phospho (Thr202/Tyr204)-ERK1/2, phospho (Ser/Thr)-Akt (Cell Signaling Technology, Tokyo, Japan), c-Src (Bioworld Technology, St. Louis Park, MN, USA), PI3K, Bcl2, Bax, and β-actin (Sigma). The band intensity of the immunoblot was quantified by densitometry [39 (link),40 (link),41 (link),44 (link),45 (link),46 (link),47 (link),48 (link),49 (link)].
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