This work was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81300224, 81370377, and 81170278), the Construct Program of the Key Discipline in Hunan Province, and Zhengxiang Scholar Program of University of South China (No. 2014-004).
Macrophage-activating lipopeptide-2 (MALP-2) has been shown to promote the development of ath- erosclerosis. ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), a transmembrane protein, plays a critical role in mediating...
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81070220, 81170278, and 81100213); the Heng Yang Joint Funds of Hunan Provincial Natural Sciences Foundation of China (10JJ9019); the Hunan Provincial Natural Sciences Foundation of China (06jj5058); the Science & Technology Department Funds of Heng Yang of Hunan Province (2010kj17 and 2010kj41); and the Hunan Provincial Postgraduate Innovation Fund (CX2010B379).
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