Table I. rhBMP-2 treatment effect in invasion assay.
The fluorescent readings between rhBMP-2 treated and non-treated cell lines were compared. P-values for the treatment effect are shown. P-values < 0.05 were considered significant.
| Cell Line | BMP-2 mRNA level of expression |
Significance of the BMP-2 treatment (p-value) |
|---|---|---|
| UMSCC-1 | − | 0.4978 |
| UPCI:SCC 032 | − | 0.0543 |
| UPCI:SCC 182 | − | 0.4959 |
| UMSCC-14A | + | <.0001 |
| UMSCC-74A | + | 0.0041 |
| UPCI:SCC 056 | + | 0.0024 |