RNA-Seq of human aortic endothelial cells with lysophosphatidylinositol against untreated controls

Vascular Innate immune cells, such as macrophages, elicit long-term T cell-, and B cell- immune responses, by expressing danger-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) receptors, T cell co-stimulation receptors and presenting antigens to the adaptive system through major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-II. Here, we investigated whether human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) could also be “transdifferentiated” into innate immune cells after treatment of hyperlipidemia-upregulated DAMP molecules, lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI). HAECs were treated with vehicle control or lysophosphatidylinositol (16:0) (10µM) for 18 hours.