Fig. 5.

Effects of synthesized SNPSVAGVR peptide on transcript expression levels of: a) inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), b) interleukin 6 (IL-6), c) tumour necrosis factor (TNF-α), d) cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and e) cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW264.7 cells measured by qrtRT-PCR. Cells were incubated for 12 h with γ(LPS)=100 ng/mL in the presence of c(peptide)=30 (P₁), 60 (P₂) and 120 (P₃) mM, or with γ(budesonide)=2.5 µg/mL as positive control. Statistical significance is expressed as *p<0.05 and **p<0.001 compared to LPS