Intracellular accumulation of free cholesterol in macrophages triggers a PARP1 response to DNA damage and PARP1 impairs lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response
Kenneth K. Y. Ting, Hisham M. Ibrahim, Nitya Gulati, Yufeng Wang, Jonathan V. Rocheleau, Myron I. Cybulsky
This study shows that free cholesterol accumulation in macrophages activates a PARP1 response to DNA damage, which suppresses lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation through a non-enzymatic mechanism.
PLoS ONE · Mar 5, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology