Research Article

The Effects of Pitavastatin on Nuclear Factor-Kappa B and ICAM-1 in Human Saphenous Vein Graft Endothelial Culture

Table 1

Results of ICAM-1 mRNA expression levels of experimental groups.

EXPERIMENT GROUP NAMEICAM-1
Mean ± SD

Control0.006 ± 0.001
Low Dose Pitavastatin0.006 ± 0.001
High Dose Pitavastatin0.006 ± 0.001
TNF-α0.190 ± 0.002
Low Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α0.358 ± 0.033
High Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α0.514 ± 0.044
DMSO0.010 ± 0.000

ICAM-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; SD, standard deviation.