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. 2014 Jul 17;9(7):e100152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100152

Figure 4. Effect of methylglyoxal and edaravone on the permeability of human brain endothelial monolayers.

Figure 4

Dose-dependent effect of methylglyoxal-induced changes in the permeability of human brain endothelial cells (hCMEC/D3) for FITC-dextran (4.4 kDa) (A) and Evans blue labelled albumin (65 kDa) after 4 hours treatment (B). Protective effect of 3 mM edaravone (MG + E;) and 2 mM aminoguanidine (MG + AG) on methylglyoxal-induced (MG, 600 µM) changes in the permeability for FITC-dextran (4.4 kDa) (C) and Evans blue labelled albumin (D), when co-treated for 4 hours. Effect of 3 mM edaravone (E) and 2 mM aminoguanidine (AG) alone (C, D). Papp, apparent permeability coefficient expressed as a percentage of control (C). Values presented are means ± SD, n = 4. Statistical analysis: ANOVA followed by Dunnett test. Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) from the control group (#) and from the methylglyoxal treated group (*) are indicated.