Figure 2From: Peripheral monocytes from diabetic patients with coronary artery disease display increased bFGF and VEGF mRNA expressionAnalysis of the effect of glucose and fluvastatin on the kinetics of mRNA expression of VEGF (–▪–) and bFGF (–•–) in normal monocytes/macrophages during a 48 hour in vitro treatment period. A, no treatment. B, treatment with glucose (6 mg/ml). C, treatment with fluvastatin (1 μM). D, treatment with glucose and Fluvastatin. The y-axis represents the VEGF/β2-microglobulin and bFGF/β2-microglobulin ratio of the integrated density respectively.Back to article page