Research Article
Inhibitory Effect of Phellinus baumii Extract on CFA-Induced Inflammation in MH-S Cells through Nuclear Factor-κB and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Pathways
Figure 1
Effect of Phellinus baumii extract (PBE) on coal fly ash (CFA)-stimulated nitric oxide (NO) generation and cell viability in MH-S macrophages. (a) The cells are divided into six groups, namely, the control (basal), CFA only (2.5 μg/mL), and CFA with PBE (12.5, 25, 50, and 100 μg/mL) groups. The cells are treated with the abovementioned PBE concentrations for 30 min prior to the CFA treatment and incubated for 18 h. The NO level is determined using the Griess reagent method. (b) The MTT reagent method used to perform the cell viability experiment. A 24-well plate is used to seed the cells. All the values from the three independent experiments are expressed as standard error of the mean. in comparison to the basal group. , , and in comparison to the CFA group.
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