Table 2.

Aortic gene expression profiling by RT-PCR

mRNA expression	PBS	GHRP-2	P value
15-LOX	1.00 ± 0.09	0.08 ± 0.01	0.015
IFN-γ	1.00 ± 0.05	0.21 ± 0.01	0.051
MIF	1.00 ± 0.10	0.46 ± 0.03	0.048
SOD1	1.00 ± 0.12	0.40 ± 0.03	0.052
SOD3	1.00 ± 0.06	1.68 ± 0.06	0.017
vWF	1.00 ± 0.02	1.70 ± 0.06	0.041

Gene expression in GHRP-2-treated mouse aortas relative to the PBS-treated group. n = 6 per group.