Takeda Shuso
,
Hirayama Akari
,
Urata Shino
,
Mano Nobutaka
,
Fukagawa Keiko
,
Imamura Midori
,
Irii Ayumi
,
Kitajima Satomi
,
Masuyama Tomoko
,
Nomiyama Mai
,
Tatei Sachiko
,
Tomita Saari
,
Kudo Taichi
,
Noguchi Momoko
,
Yamaguchi Yasuhiro
,
Okamoto Yoshiko
,
Amamoto Toshiaki
,
Fukunishi Yoshifumi
,
Watanabe Kazuhito
,
Omiecinski Curtis John
,
Aramaki Hironori
… 15-Lipoxygenase (15-LOX) is one of the key enzymes responsible for the formation of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL), a major causal factor for atherosclerosis. … Both enzymatic (15-LOX) and non-enzymatic (Cu2+) mechanisms have been proposed for the production of ox-LDL. … In the LDL, linoleic acid is present as cholesteryl linoleate, the major fatty acid esterified to cholesterol, and is susceptible to oxidative modification by 15-LOX or Cu2+. …
Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 34(8), 1252-1256, 2011
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