Research Article

Red Yeast Rice Protects Circulating Bone Marrow-Derived Proangiogenic Cells against High-Glucose-Induced Senescence and Oxidative Stress: The Role of Heme Oxygenase-1

Figure 5

HO-1 siRNA inhibits RYR extract-induced HO-1 protein expression. PACs were transfected with HO-1 siRNA or control siRNA and then stimulated with RYR extract (50 μg/ml). Cell lysates were subjected to Western blotting to determine levels of HO-1 and β-actin. Data are expressed as mean ± SD of three independent experiments. compared to that of the control group; compared to that of the RYR extract-treated group.