Research Article

The Nutraceutical Dehydrozingerone and Its Dimer Counteract Inflammation- and Oxidative Stress-Induced Dysfunction of In Vitro Cultured Human Endothelial Cells: A Novel Perspective for the Prevention and Therapy of Atherosclerosis

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ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 secretion. Analysis of soluble ICAM-1 (a) and VCAM-1 (b) concentrations (ng/mL) by ELISA assay performed in culture supernatants from HUVEC pretreated with DHZ or DHZ dimer and then treated with TNF-α 10 ng/mL for 6 hours (mean values of four experiments). Error bars represent SD. (a) ; . Medium versus TNF-α, . (b) . Medium versus TNF-α  .
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