Fig. 3

Direct visualization of CD36-binding abilities of various lipoproteins. a, b AFM topographical images of a CD36 monolayer (a) and anti-CD36 antibody particles (b); c–i AFM topographical images of BSA (c), anti-CD36 antibody (d), and lipoproteins (e–i: HDL, LDL, oxLDL, acLDL, and VLDL, respectively) binding to a CD36 monolayer. Scan range: 1 μm × 1 μm. Right panels: the images are showed in multicolor to clearly distinguish the binding proteins/lipoproteins (green) from the CD36 monolayer (red). j Quantification of the average number of CD36-binding antibody/lipoprotein particles in a scan range. p < 0.05 for all pairs of columns except for HDL vs. acLDL