. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Biol Trace Elem Res. 2011 Sep 1;145(2):257–267. doi: 10.1007/s12011-011-9176-9

Table 1.

Proliferation of human dermal fibroblasts in response to Gd³⁺ - chloride and Omniscan.

Intervention	Number of cells X10⁻⁴
Intervention	Gd³⁺ - chloride	Omniscan
Control	3.9 ± 0.3	4.2 ± 0.1
0.5 μM Gd³⁺	4.0 ± 0.2	4.4 ± 0.2
1 μM Gd³⁺	4.0 ± 0.2	4.7 ± 0.1^*
5 μM Gd³⁺	5.5 ± 0.1^*	5.2 ± 0.3^*
10 μM Gd³⁺	6.3 ± 0.2^*	7.5 ± 0.3^*
50 μM Gd³⁺	3.9 ± 0.4	6.8 ± 0.3^*
100 μM Gd³⁺	2.3 ± 0.3	6.9 ± 0.3^*
500 μM Gd³⁺	<0.1	5.9 ± 0.4^*
1000 μM Gd³⁺	< 0.1	5.1 ± 0.2^*

Values shown are means and standard errors based on n=3 separate experiments. Statistical significance of the data was assessed by ANOVA, followed by paired-group comparisons.

indicates statistically significant increase relative to control at p<0.05 level.