Review Article

Targeting Reactive Oxygen Species in Atherosclerosis via Chinese Herbal Medicines

Table 1

Detected studies reporting potential antioxidative stress effects of CHMs in atherosclerosis.

ReferenceAuthorComponentExperimentModelRelevant gene targets

[94]J ShenBYHWDIn vitroHUVECNOX-4↓
[95]J GuoYXTMIn vitroSprague-Dawley ratsNF-κB↓, MMP-9↓, Bcl-2↓, Caspase 3↑
[96]B WangTXLIn vivoC57BL/6 miceVEGF↑, p-VEGFR2↑, p-PI3K↑, p-AKT↑, p-eNOS↑, HO-1↑, NOX-4↓
[97]Y RenSMYADIn vivoC57BL/6 miceSOD-1↑, SOD-2↑
[98]K GuoXJEKIn vivoWistar ratsP-JNK↓, P-p38MAPK↓, NOX-2↓
[99]L WangBSNXDIn vitroHUVECERβ↑, MDA↓, eNOS↑, NO↑, NF- κ B↓, MCP-1↓, ICAM-1↓, VCAM-1↓, E-selectin↓, CCR2 ↓, LFA-1 ↓, VLA-4 ↓
[100]Y YinXMJIn vitroHUVECICAM-1↓, VCAM-1↓, IL-1↓, IL-6↓
[101]J WenTPHXRIn vivoApoE(-/-) miceCAV-1↓, NF-κB p50↓, NF-κB p65↓, ICAM-1↓, VCAM-1↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-1β↓, hs-CRP↓, eNOS↑, NO↑
[102]H DongIcariinIn vitroHuman brain vascular cerebrovascular smooth muscle cellsNOX-2↓
[103]H XuPuerarinIn vitroH9c2 cellsNOX-2↓
[104]J MoScutellarinIn vivoSprague-Dawley ratsNOX-4↓, SOD-1↑
[105]Y. LiAucubinIn vitroSH-SY5Y cellsTNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-1β↓, MDA↓, GSH↑, SOD↑, iNOS↓, NO↓
[106]C. ShenBergaptolIn vitroRAW264.7 cellsNO↓, IL-6↓, TNF-α↓, iNOS↓, IL-1β↓, COX-2↓, MAPK↓, NF-κB↓, JNK↓, p38↓, p65↓, IκBα↓, IκKα/β↓, SRA1↓, CD-36↓
[107]U SundarAEPSIn vitroHUVECDDAH1↑, eNOS↑
[108]Y. YangKRG-WEIn vitroRAW264.7 cellsNO↓, iNOS↓, COX↓, IFN-β↓, p38↓, JNK↓, TBK1↓, ATF-2↓, CREB↓, IRF-3↓
[109]N. LianGinkgetinIn vivoSprague-Dawley ratsMMP-2↓, MMP-9↓, iNOS↓, NO↑, NOS↑
[110]Y. LiuHonokiolIn vivoApoE(-/-) miceTNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-1β↓, NO↓, iNOS↓
[111]Y. LuoTASAESsIn vivoApoE(-/-) miceCaspase 3↓
[112]Q. ZhouOPCRRIn vivoWistar ratsLDL-C↓, ox-LDL↓, HDL-C↑, SOD ↑, GSH-Px↑, MDA↓, TNF-α↓, IL-1β↓, IL-6↓, ICAM-1↓, VCAM-1↓, IL-10↑, NO↓, iNOS↓, eNOS↑
[113]Z Peng13-MBIn vitroHUVECIL-1β↓, NLRP3↓, Caspase 1↑
[114]Q XuTMPIn vitroHUVECPGC-1α↑, NRF1↑, TFAM↑, SIRT1↑
[115]N SongGypenosideIn vitroEA. hy926 cellsPI3K↑ AKT↑, Bad↑, Cyt-c↓, Caspase 9↓, Caspase 3↓, PARP↓
[114]Q XuTMPIn vivoSprague-Dawley ratsPGC-1α↑, NRF1↑, TFAM↑, SIRT1↑
[115]N SongGypenosideIn vivoApoE(-/-) micePI3K↑, AKT↑, Bad↑, Cyt-c↓, Caspase 9↓, Caspase 3↓, PARP↓