PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 15553662-1 2004 We have previously shown that nifedipine, one of the most popular dihydropyridine-based calcium antagonists (DHPs), blocked tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced reactive oxygen species generation and subsequent monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in endothelial cells (ECs), thus suggesting that nifedipine may inhibit monocyte recruitment, an initiating step in atherosclerosis. Nifedipine 30-40 C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 Homo sapiens 222-256