Research Article
The Effects of Pitavastatin on Nuclear Factor-Kappa B and ICAM-1 in Human Saphenous Vein Graft Endothelial Culture
Table 8
Comparison of NF-κB absolute pixel density between experimental groups.
| Comparison Groups | P Value |
| Control x Low Dose Pitavastatin | 1.000 | Control x High Dose Pitavastatin | 0.465 | Control x TNF-α | 0.006 | Control x Low Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α | 0.034 | Control x High Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α | 0.948 | Control x DMSO | 0.568 | Low Dose Pitavastatin x High Dose Pitavastatin | 0.361 | Low Dose Pitavastatin x TNF-α | 0.004 | Low Dose Pitavastatin x Low Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α | 0.077 | Low Dose Pitavastatin x High Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α | 0.796 | Low Dose Pitavastatin x DMSO | 0.568 | High Dose Pitavastatin x TNF-α | 0.011 | High Dose Pitavastatin x Low Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α | 0.285 | High Dose Pitavastatin x High Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α | 0.558 | High Dose Pitavastatin x DMSO | 0.808 | Low Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-αx TNF-α | 0.099 | Low Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-αx High Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α | 0.123 | Low Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-αx DMSO | 0.153 | High Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-αx TNF-α | 0.039 | High Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-αx DMSO | 0.862 | TNF-α x DMSO | 0.004 |
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NF-κB, nuclear factor-kappa B; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide.
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