Figure 6.

Gal‐3 induced expression of inflammatory factors promoted HUVECs injury via integrin β1‐RhoA‐JNK pathway. HUVECs, exposing to the ox‐LDL alone or in combination with Gal‐3 were further treated with integrin β1‐siRNA or JNK inhibitor (SP600125). The total and phosphorylated expression of p65,IKKα and IKKβ after the above treatment was examined by WB and demonstrated by histogram. (a and b).The levels of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines were then measured by ELISA. (c and d) The expression of adhesion molecules (ICAM‐1 and VCAM‐1) was detected by WB (e). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01