Table 1.

Comparative expression of IL-1α, IL-1β and IL-1RA in endometrial cells and epithelial ovarian cancer cell lines

IL-1α (mean ± SD) n = 5	Protein (intensity)	ΔCt: mRNA	2-ΔΔCt
Primary EC (control)	4678.6 ± 473	14.3 ± 0.4
RL-952	4948.3 ± 167	14.4 ± 0.6	1.1
TOV-112D	5217.1 ± 391	13.6 ± 0.1	1.3
TOV-21G	11320.1 ± 391*	13.2 ± 0.2	1.9*
OV-90	3897.6 ± 590	15 ± 0.6	0.8
IL-1β (mean ± SD) n = 5
Primary EC (control)		11.4 ± 0.6
RL-952		10.8 ± 0.4	1.3
TOV-112D		10.0 ± 0.3	2.0*
TOV-21G		10.7 ± 0.3	1.4
OV-90		9.9 ± 0.2	2.2*
IL-1RA (mean ± SD) n = 5
Primary EC (control)	6921.1 ± 611	16.8 ± 0.7
RL-952	8391.3 ± 241	15.9 ± 0.1	1.2
TOV-112D	2101.6 ± 352*	18.9 ± 0.6	0.2*
TOV-21G	8798.1 ± 571*	16.1 ± 0.4	1.3
OV-90	13251.6 ± 495	15.9 ± 0.3	1.4

2^-ΔΔCt: fold differences of mRNA expression.

* P < 0.05, comparison to control (primary endometrial cells).