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We encourage a 10 min acclimation period prior to recording data to attenuate effects consequent to handling and transport.
The angiotensin converting enzyme has also been shown to attenuate fibrinolysis and affect both platelet activation and aggregation [ 14].
PPAR agonists attenuate cholesterol oxide induced cytotoxicity in microglia
MAdCAM-1 is normally expressed in the gut, and its expression is dramatically amplified during inflammation [ 2 3 ] . The functional significance of increased appearance of MAdCAM-1 in IBD is supported by several reports which show that immunoneutralization of either MAdCAM-1 or its ligand, the α4β7 integrin, attenuate inflammation and mucosal damage in animal models of colitis [ 8 9 10 ] . However, since monoclonal antibodies directed against other ECAMs, particularly VCAM-1, can as well reduce disease activity in colitis models [ 11 12 13 14 ] , the literature suggests that MAdCAM-1 is probably necessary, but insufficient for the maximal penetrance of experimental and probably also clinical IBD.
Consistent with this idea, results from this study indicated that 15d-PGJ 2 , indomethacin and WY14643 could attenuate the cytotoxicity caused by 25-OH-cholesterol to various degrees (Fig.