Figure 6

Effects of SHSST on aorta tissue. mRNA expression of (A) TNF-a, (B) IL-6, (C) TGF-b, (D) Fibronectin, (E) ICAM, (F) VCAM. Data were normalized to the GAPDH mRNA levels and then compared to the values for the CON group, which were assigned a value of 1.0. CON, standard diet group; HC, high-cholesterol diet group; SHSST-L, HC plus 30% ehtanol extract of SHSST treatment group; SHSST-H, HC plus 80% ethanol extract of SHSST treatment group. Each bar represents the mean ± SEM values of 3 independent experiments for 10 mice from each group. ^### p < 0.001 vs. control group, ^** p < 0.01 vs. HC group, ^*** p < 0.001 vs. HC group.