Whey protein hydrolysate and branched-chain amino acids downregulate inflammation-related genes in vascular endothelial cells

MS Da Silva, C Bigo, O Barbier, I Rudkowska - Nutrition Research, 2017 - Elsevier
A recent review of clinical studies reports that dairy products may improve inflammation, a
key etiologic cardiovascular disease risk factor. Yet the impact of dairy proteins on
inflammatory markers is controversial and could be mediated by a differential impact of whey
proteins and caseins. In this study, we hypothesized that whey proteins may have a greater
anti-inflammatory effect than caseins. A model of human umbilical vein endothelial cells,
with or without TNF-α stimulation, was used to investigate the effect of several dairy protein …