FIG. 2.

Depletion of cellular cholesterol by BCDs in primary human BMVECs (A) and Jurkat T cells (B). Cellular cholesterol was measured by cholesterol oxidase-based colorimetric assay as described in Materials and Methods. The cholesterol content of cells was normalized to total cellular protein. Shown are the results of an experiment with primary human BMVECs and of two independent studies with the control Jurkat T cells. BCD-1, cells pretreated with 10 mM randomly methylated BCD (TRMBP); BCD-2, cells pretreated with 10 mM hydroxypropyl BCD (THPBP); −Control, untreated cells.