Macrophages from alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice demonstrate increased cholesterol accumulation and decreased cellular paraoxonase expression: A possible link between the nervous system and atherosclerosis development
Keywords: α7nAchr, alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; AAPH, 2.2′-azobis, 2-amidinopropane hydrochloride; CAIR, cholinergic anti-inflammatory reflex; DCFH-DA, 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescin diacetate; FITC, fluoroisothiocyanate; MFI, mean fluorescence intensity; ML