Research Article

Anti-Inflammatory Effect of an Apigenin-Maillard Reaction Product in Macrophages and Macrophage-Endothelial Cocultures

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DMA ameliorates the AGE-induced RAGE expression in macrophages. RAW 264.7 macrophages were pretreated with 25 μM DMA or API for 24 hrs before stimulation with/without 200 μg/mL of AGEs for 24 hrs. (a) RAGE mRNA expression by qPCR. (b) RAGE protein expression by Western blot. Total cell lysates were obtained by lysis in RIPA buffer containing protease inhibitors. β-Actin served as a control. (c) RAGE protein fold changes were quantified with ImageJ software. vs. control, vs. control; ## vs. AGE treatment, ### vs. AGE treatment.
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