Figure 3.

LPS-induced MIP-2 mRNA expression is inhibited by curcumin. Confluent astrocyte cultures were stimulated with LPS (5 μg/ml) in the presence or absence of varying doses of curcumin (10^-5-10^-7M) or vehicle (0.05% ethanol), mRNA was then extracted, reverse transcribed and amplified using a mouse MIP-2 primer.