Figure 5.

Effects of jacalin on the expression of mediators by macrophages. Macrophages were stimulated with jacalin (20 or 40 μg/mL) or LPS (1 μg/mL) during 4 h. Expression of TNF-α, IL-1β, MIP-1α, and iNOS mRNA was determined by real-time quantitative RT-PCR. Each column represents the mean ± SEM of n = 3 independent observations in three separate experiments. ^∗ p ≤ 0,05 and ^∗∗ p ≤ 0,01 compared to control.