Fig. 1: Ox-LDL-induced MC proliferation.

a, b CCK-8 assay for the proliferative activity of MCs treated with various concentrations of ox-LDL for 24 h or 48 h. c Western blot analysis of cyclin A2 and cyclin D1. d, e Densitometric analysis of the western blots. The data are shown as the mean ± SD of three replicates. **P < 0.01 vs. the “0” control group, ***P < 0.001 vs. the “0” control group