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In chronic inflammation macrophages play an important role, mainly through the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines such as Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-\u03b1 and Interleukin (IL)-1\u03b2, explained in part by activation of the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), a signaling pathway which culminates in the activation of Nuclear factor (NF)-\u03baB, an important transcription factor in the expression of these proinflammatory genes. On the other hand, the benefits on health of a diet rich in fruit and vegetables are well described. In this work, the effects of aqueous extract of tomato and ferulic acid on the expression of proinflammatory cytokines in LPS activated monocyte-derived THP-1 macrophages were investigated. In addition, using Western blot, we investigated whether the inhibition was due to the interference on activation of NF-\u03baB. We found that both the tomato extract and ferulic acid presented inhibitory activity on the expression of TNF-\u03b1 and IL-1\u03b2 cytokine by inhibiting the activation of NF-\u03baB. The current results suggest that tomatoes and ferulic acid may contribute to prevention of chronic inflammatory diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules200815319","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,21]],"date-time":"2015-08-21T10:38:09Z","timestamp":1440153489000},"page":"15319-15329","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":50,"title":["Aqueous Extract of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and Ferulic Acid Reduce the Expression of TNF-\u03b1 and IL-1\u03b2 in  LPS-Activated Macrophages"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Sim\u00f3n","family":"Navarrete","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Immunology and Haematology Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marcelo","family":"Alarc\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunohematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Excellence Research Program on Healthy Aging (PIEI-ES), Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile"},{"name":"Centro de Estudios en Alimentos Procesados (CEAP), CONICYT-Regional,  Gore Maule R09I2001, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Iv\u00e1n","family":"Palomo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunohematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Excellence Research Program on Healthy Aging (PIEI-ES), Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile"},{"name":"Centro de Estudios en Alimentos Procesados (CEAP), CONICYT-Regional,  Gore Maule R09I2001, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"335","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.iy.01.040183.002003","article-title":"Mediators of inflammation","volume":"1","author":"Larsen","year":"1983","journal-title":"Annu. 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