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Effect of C-reactive protein on glycocalyx thickness of HAECs. HAECs were treated with different concentrations of C-reactive protein (0, 25, and 50 µg/mL) or boiled C-reactive protein (25 µg/mL) overnight at 37°C and glycocalyx thickness was assessed by TEM as described in Section 2. (A) Mean ± SD of four experiments. *P < 0.01 compared with C. Representative micrographs are shown in (B).
