Figure 9.

In vivo transactivation of NFκB. A luciferase reporter plasmid containing consensus binding sites for nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) was transfected in two different fibroblast-like synovial cell (FLS) lines. Advanced glycation end products-modified (AGE)-BSA significantly enhanced NFκB transactivation compared with control-BSA (Co-BSA; *P < 0.05, n = 6).