Figure 6
Effect of auraptene and lacinartin on the secretion of MMP-8 (A) and MMP-9 (B) by human macrophages stimulated with A. actinomycetemcomitans LPS (1 μg/ml). Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations of triplicate assays for a minimum of three independent experiments. Data were analyzed with the Student’s t-test (*: p ≤ 0.05 vs. untreated control).