Moreover, curcumin was shown to decrease the expression of the adipocyte-derived atherosclerotic marker Lipocalin 2 (LCN2), an inflammatory factor related to CVDs [143], and of Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP1) in human vascular smooth muscle cells, another key inflammatory marker during the development of atherosclerosis [148] (Figure 3 and Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene CCL2 and atherosclerosis.