Objective To explore the effect of preventive administration of Xintongtai Granule(XG)on mR-NA and protein expression level of toll like receptor 4(TLR4)and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase(p38 MAPK)in aorta tissue of atherosclerosis(AS)rabbits.Methods Totally 120 rabbits were randomly divided into the blank control group(K),the model group(M),the low dose XG group(D,0.36 g/kg),the middle dose XG group(Z,0.72 g/kg),the high dose XG group(G,1.44 g/kg),and the rosuvastatin group(R,0.55 mg/kg),20 in each group.Except those in the K group were fed with basic diet,all other rabbits were fed wit...