Research Article

Angiotensin II-Treated Cardiac Myocytes Regulate M1 Macrophage Polarization via Transferring Exosomal PVT1

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Ang-II-stimulated HCM-derived exosomes promoted M1 macrophage polarization via targeting the miR-145-5p/IL-16 signaling pathway. The expression of (a) iNOS mRNA, (b) TNF-α mRNA, (c) Arg-1 mRNA, and (d) IL-10 mRNA was measured by qRT-PCR. (e–g) The percentage of CD86-positive and CD163-positive THP-1 was detected using flow cytometry and analyzed. . and compared to the cells treated with nothing; # and ## contrasted with the cells treated with Ang-II. One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test was carried out to ensure the difference among multiple groups. For all assays, the value of lower than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant difference.
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