Table 3. Interactions of lipopolysaccharide and adiponectin on involucrin and growth factors.

Target gene	Group	4 h	8 h	24 h
Involucrin	LPS	2.91±0.12*	4.86±0.34*	1.58±0.24
	Adipo	0.87±0.13†	2.50±0.21* †	0.97±0.23
	LPS + Adipo	0.89±0.21†	2.02±0.14* †	0.69±0.10†
TGFβ1	LPS	1.06±0.07	0.77±0.07	0.83±0.19
	Adipo	0.28±0.04* †	1.03±0.06	0.52±0.09*
	LPS + Adipo	0.96±0.14#	0.75±0.04* #	0.84±0.05
KGF	LPS	0.63±0.16	2.01±0.11*	0.59±0.03*
	Adipo	0.19±0.04* †	0.64±0.06* †	1.02±0.10†
	LPS + Adipo	0.49±0.09*	0.68±0.08†	0.41±0.05* #

Effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 2 µg/ml) and/or adiponectin (Adipo; 1 µg/ml) on the mRNA expression of involucrin, TGFβ1, and KGF at 4 h, 8 h, and 24 h expressed as fold of control. Mean ± SEM; n = 6;

^*p<0.05 different from control,

^†different from LPS-treated cells,

^#different from adiponectin-treated cells.