Table 1.

Osteopontin levels in the plasma and CSF of rhesus monkeys. In the SIV infected groups (SIV noE and SIVE+) plasma and CSF OPN levels were assayed from samples taken just before necropsy. The average OPN levels were are shown as well as the standard error of the mean and the number of rhesus monkeys utilized (N). The three groups of animals were significantly different when compared by ANOVA (plasma: F= 27.08, p<0.0001; CSF: F=16.41, p<0.0001)

Group	OPN Plasma	OPN CSF	N
Uninfected	76.2 ± 7.4 ng/ml	97.0 ± 18.1 ng/ml	30
SIVnoE	164.1 ± 23.5 ng/ml	422.6 ± 80.2 ng/ml	8
SIVE+	600.1 ± 122.5 ng/ml	1244.4 ± 337.1 ng/ml	12