Figure 2.

Effect of E-Hb on c-jun expression in HASMC. (a) After serum deprivation for 24 h, HASMC were treated with either 10 nM E-Hb or 10 ng ml⁻¹ TNF-α and c-jun content was quantified by Western blotting at the indicated time periods. A representative immunoblot is shown on top. (b) Expression of c-jun in HASMC after a 2 h treatment with either N-Hb or E-Hb, both at a concentration of 10 nM. A representative immunoblot is also shown. Results are expressed as means±s.e.m. of three independent experiments. ^*P<0.05 vs basal.