Fig. 8

Effects of different concentrations OA on the expression of inflammation and autophagy proteins. a Protein expressions of LC3II, p62, LOX-1, VCAM1, MCP-1, β-actin in HUVECs. The cells were treated with 40 mg/L ox-LDL (model) or not (Control) for 24 h. In addition, cells were pretreated with low (LD)、middle dose (MD) or high dose (HD) of OA for 2 h, followed by 40 mg/L ox-LDL exposure for another 24 h. b, c, d, e, f Bar charts show the mean intensity of each protein quantified and normalized versus β-actin expression. Values are submitted as mean ± SD based on seperate experiments in triplicate.(*) P < 0.05, (**) P < 0.01 and (***) P < 0.001 versus model