Research Article

Umbelliprenin Increases the M1/M2 Ratio of Macrophage Polarization and Improves the M1 Macrophage Activity in THP-1 Cells Cocultured with AGS Cells

Table 2

Effect of UMB on nitric oxide concentration (μM) in cocultured media.

PMA + UMBLPS + IFN-γ + UMBIL4 + IL13 + UMBCoculture + UMBControl

M0-AGS coculture11.30 ± 1.16 ( = 0.0229)9.08 ± 0.39 ( = 0.0006)13.19 ± 0.51
M1-AGS coculture5.86 ± 0.84 ( = 0.0035)3.74 ± 0.96 (ns)8.19 ± 1.02 ( < 0.0001)2.97 ± 0.58
M2-AGS coculture4.41 ± 0.84 (ns)3.19 ± 0.69 (ns)3.41 ± 0.84 (ns)3.08 ± 0.51

All values are the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments that have been tested in a triplicate. The data analysis was carried out using the ANOVA method.