Effects of various forms of lipopolysaccharide on the expression of inflammatory mediators and cardiac biomarkers in human cardiac fibroblasts and human coronary smooth muscle cells
Lan-jun Bai1, Wings TY Loo2,3,4*, Yiding Dou4, Min Wang5, Hao Liang5, Mary NB Cheung3,4,6 and Ziyuan Luo7
1Department of Stomatology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, No. 32 First Ring Road 2 West, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, 617002, China.
2UNIMED Medical Institute, Hong Kong.
3School of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.
4Jin Hua Dentistry, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, P.R. China.
5State Key Laboratory for Oral Diseases and Department of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, PR China.
6Keenlink Dental Clinic, Hong Kong.
7Department of Stomatology, Medical College of Jinan University, Guang Zhou, China.
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