Research Article

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

Table 3

Absolute pixel density results for ICAM-1.

EXPERIMENT GROUP NAMEICAM-1
Mean ± SD

Control1.8 ± 0.1
Low Dose Pitavastatin1.9 ± 0.3
High Dose Pitavastatin2.4 ± 0.3
TNF-α8.5 ± 1.5
Low Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α7.9 ± 4.5
High Dose Pitavastatin + TNF-α8.7 ± 4.5
DMSO2.1 ± 0.4

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