NS-5 Resveratrol Quercetin d-Tocotrienol
# Genes Pre-dose Post-dose Post-dose Post-dose Post-dose‡ Descriptions
      % % % %  
I Cardiovascular disease
1 Resistin 100 48 ± 3.22** 76 ± 1.12** 57 ± 1.35** 73 ± 2.81** Pathogenesis of obesity-mediatedinsulin resistanceand type2diabetes mellitus
2 IL-2 100 53 ± 2.07** 88 ± 2.48* 64 ± 2.59** 72 ± 2.88** Interleukin-2
3 IL-6 100 56 ± 3.06** 71 ± 0.68** 85 ± 0.91** 68 ± 2.87* Interleukin-6
4 IL-8 100 68 ± 1.22** 94 ± 2.90* 95 ± 0.76* 95 ± 0.21* Interleukin-8
5 IL-12 100 85 ± 1.93** 78 ± 1.51** 70 ± 2.12** 81 ± 0.89** Interleukin-12
6 1L-17a 100 66 ± 3.44** 83 ± 1.56** 83 ± 0.46** 85 ± 1.62** Insulin-enhances nitricoxide,&NF-κB.
7 IL-18 100 45 ± 3.08** 59 ± 1.30** 85 ± 1.34** 79 ± 3.00** Interleukin-18
8 9 COX-2   100   41 ± 2.78**   73 ± 1.44**   55 ± 1.36**   65 ± 1.62**   Cyclooxygenase-2
9 GAPDH 100 29 ± 2.59** 81 ± 1.36** 73 ± 0.88** 78 ± 2.96** Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
10 IP-10 100 21 ± 2.15** 88 ± 1.97* 74 ± 1.74** 72 ± 0.94** Interferon-Inducible Protein-10
II Inflammation
11 TNF-a 100 48 ± 2.30** 63 ± 1.31** 65 ± 2.44** 83 ± 2.08** Tumor Necrosis Factor-a
12 INF-g 100 59 ± 2.36** 67 ± 1.10** 71 ± 1.31** 75 ± 1.60** Interferon-g
13 MIP-1a 100 57 ± 3.94** 87 ± 1.13* 81 ± 3.20** 74 ± 2.24** MacrophageInflammatoryProtein-1a
14 NOS-2 100 56 ± 0.41** 57 ± 1.94** 67 ± 1.72** 67 ± 2.11** Nitric oxidesynthase-2
15 VCAM-1 100 70 ± 2.01** 90 ± 3.76* 72 ± 2.93** 84 ± 0.70** Vascularcelladhesionmolecule
16 MCP-1 100 69 ± 4.99** 83 ± 2.83** 77 ± 2.17** 76 ± 2.02** MonocyteChemotacticProtein-1
III Cancer
17 IGF-1 100 68 ± 3.56** 74 ± 2.33** 70 ± 2.99** 71 ± 2.93** Insulin-likeGrowthFactor-1
18 P-53 100 217 ± 4.87** 113 ± 1.19* 120 ± 1.96** 239 ± 8.66** P-53 tumor suppressor protein
19 FAS-1 100 157 ± 3.72** 119 ± 2.78** 151 ± 3.07** 129 ± 1.94** Fattyacid synthetase-1
20 VEGF 100 71 ± 2.51** 73 ± 1.78** 83 ± 0.85** 90 ± 0.47* VascularEndothelialGrowthFactor
21 CCND-1 100 40 ± 5.33** 71 ± 6.04** 54 ± 1.91** 67 ± 3.71** CyclinD-1
IV Diabetes
22 PAI-1 100 26 ± 1.21** 81 ± 0.48** 71 ± 4.79** 71 ± 2.37** PlasmenogenActivatorInhibitor-1
V Aging
23 IL-1a 100 70 ± 1.67** 84 ± 1.52* 84 ± 2.09* 80 ± 0.76** Interleukin-1a
24 IL-10 100 76 ± 1.44** 96 ± 1.58* 88 ± 4.12* 69 ± 1.42** Interleukin-10
* - **Values in a row sharing a common asterisk are significantly different at *P<0.01; **P<0.001.
‡The effect of δ-tocotrienol on resistin, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, TNF-α and IFN-γ has been reported recently (AAQ et al. BJMMR. 6(4): 351-366, and JCEC. 2015; 6:4. 1000367).
¶The mRNAs IL-12, IL-17α, IL-18 (inflammation); IL-2 (cancer); and resistin, IL-6, IL-17α (diabetes) also involved in these diseases.
Table 4: Effects of NS-5, resveratrol, quercetin, and δ-tocotrienol (Pre-dose vs Post-dose) on gene expression of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) of normal cholesterolemic humans.