“…Primary antibodies including HO-1, COX-2, iNOS, IκB-α, p-IκB-α, p65, β-actin, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), lamin B, and secondary antibodies used for western blot analysis were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA). NS-398 (N-[2-(cyclohexyloxy)-4-nitrophenyl]-methanesulfonamide), a COX-2-selective inhibitor (25,26), was purchased from Calbiochem (Darmstadt, Germany). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits for PGE 2 , TNF-α, and IL1-β were purchased from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN, USA).…”