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Table 2.

Effects of melatonin and 5-ASA on protein expression of RelA, TNF-α, and ICAM-1 in colon tissue (x¯ ± s n = 10). ^a denotes that P < .01 versus the model group.


Group	Doses (mg.kg⁻¹)	RelA	TNF-α	ICAM-1
Normal	–	9.10 ± 0.76^a	16.03 ± 6.21^a	13.41 ± 4.91^a
Model	–	60.73 ± 13.41	84.09 ± 14.52	77.69 ± 8.09
5-ASA	100	15.27 ± 7.25^a	19.95 ± 7.43^a	20.35 ± 8.62^a
Melatonin	2.5	52.24 ± 10.86	78.20 ± 13.65	71.63 ± 10.34
Melatonin	5.0	30.26 ± 10.20^a	53.40 ± 8.79^a	47.01 ± 8.82^a
Melatonin	10.0	16.95 ± 6.83^a	23.04 ± 6.76^a	21.50 ± 6.95^a