The influence of CAPE on the secretion of cytokines (IL-8, IL-10, IL-26), metalloproteinases (MMP-1, -2, -3), and pentraxin-3 (PTX3) was assessed in CCF-STTG1 astrocytoma cells stimulated with LPS and/or IFN-α under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. Here, MMP1 is linked to astrocytoma (excluding glioblastoma).