Figure 3

Effect of curcumin on HCMV IE and UL83 expressions. (I) Relative HCMV IE mRNA expression was normalized to GAPDH mRNA levels and expressed as fold change. (II) Relative HCMV UL83 mRNA expression was normalized to GAPDH mRNA levels and expressed as fold change. A, HELF cells (control); B, HELF cells + HCMV (model); C, HELF cells + HCMV + GCV; D, HELF cells + HCMV + curcumin (high dose: 0.8 μg/ml); E, HELF cells + HCMV + curcumin (middle dose: 0.4 μg/ml); F, HELF cells + HCMV + curcumin (low dose: 0.2 μg/ml). **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05 compared with the control; ##P < 0.01, #P < 0.05 compared with HCMV infection.