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Figure 10

From: Epigallocatechin-3-gallate suppresses the global interleukin-1beta-induced inflammatory response in human chondrocytes

Figure 10

Effect of specific inhibitors of MAPKs and NF-κB pathways on the gene expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in IL-1β-stimulated human OA chondrocytes. Primary chondrocytes were pretreated with specific inhibitors for 2 h and were stimulated with IL-1β for 6 h. Relative gene expression of IP-10 (a), GCP-2 (b) and NAP-2 (c) was normalized to GAPDH and compared with un-stimulated control, were determined by quantitative RT-PCR. Concentrations of specific inhibitors of p38 (SB202190), JNK (SP600125), ERK (PD98059) and NF-κB (MG132) used in these studies were 100 μM, 10 μM, 50 μM and 100 μM, respectively. Value represents Mean ± SD of three different patients. # represents P < 0.05 Vs control; * P < 0.05 Vs IL-1β stimulated chondrocytes. GCP-2, granulocyte chemotactic protein-2; IP-10, 10 kDa interferon gamma-induced protein; MAPKs, mitogen activated protein kinases; NAP-2, nucleosome assembly protein-2; NF-κB, nuclear factor kappa-B.

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