Antagonism of Betulinic Acid on LPS-Mediated Inhibition of ABCA1 and Cholesterol Efflux through Inhibiting Nuclear Factor-kappaB Signaling Pathway and miR-33 Expression

• Guo-Jun Zhao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guo-Jun Zhao, Shi-Lin Tang

  Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China, Department of Histology and Embryology, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Shi-Lin Tang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guo-Jun Zhao, Shi-Lin Tang

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Yun-Cheng Lv,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Xin-Ping Ouyang,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Ping-Ping He,

  Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China, School of Nursing, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Feng Yao,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Wu-Jun Chen,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Qian Lu,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Yan-Yan Tang,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Min Zhang,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Yuchang Fu,

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Da-Wei Zhang,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Group on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Kai Yin ,

  * E-mail: kaiyinby@yahoo.com.cn (KY); tangchaoke@qq.com (C-KT)

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Chao-Ke Tang

  * E-mail: kaiyinby@yahoo.com.cn (KY); tangchaoke@qq.com (C-KT)

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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