To investigate the mechanism involved in the apoptosis of human monocyte cell line U937 induced by oxidized low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL). The increase of the degree of cell apoptosis was concentration dependent. The apoptotic cells were detected by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL), flow cytometry and DNA fragment analysis. The protein contents of c-fos, c-jun and c-myc were analyzed by immunochemical staining. The expression of c-fos, c-jun and c-myc mRNA were quantified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The results sh...