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From: Curcuma DMSO extracts and curcumin exhibit an anti-inflammatory and anti-catabolic effect on human intervertebral disc cells, possibly by influencing TLR2 expression and JNK activity

Figure 2

Effects of the curcuma DMSO extract (2a) and curcuma ethanol extract (2b) on mRNA levels of candidate genes after 6 hours, indicated as fold change relative to IL-1β-treatment (IL-1β treated cells also contain 0.03% of DMSO or EtOH respectively). Data was obtained by real-time RT-PCR (2-ΔΔCt method) and is presented as Mean and SEM (n = 5). Asterisks indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05). Each gene was normalized to its respective IL-1β treatment (IL-1β + solvent), which was always set to 100% (only one exemplary control bar is shown).

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