“…This study indicates that increasing plasma carotenoid concentration may reduce risk of premature death or recurrence of tumor in HNSCC patients. In the relation of NF-B and carotenoids, lutein suppresses the production of nitric oxide (NO) and the expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-␣, interleukin-6, prostaglandin-E2, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2 on endotoxin-induced uveitis in rats by inhibiting NF-B activation (35). -Carotene inhibited H. pylori-induced increase in ROS level, the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (p38, the c-Jun NH2-terminal protein kinases, the extracellular signal-regulated kinases), NF-B, and AP-1 and the expression of iNOS and COX-2 in AGS cells (31).…”