Table 2.

Myocardial gene expression array after CPB in the CO group compared to Air.

Molecule	Air Group	CO Group	Ratio CO/Air
IL-6	.613	.347	.566‡
TGF-β1*	.06	.04	.64‡
IGF-1†	.015	.007	.44
IL-10	.095	.237	2.491‡
CTF-1*	.175	.313	1.8

Data are expressed as average with n = 3–4. CTF–1, Cardiotropin Growth Factor–1, shown to have hypertrophic and protective effects in myocytes, neurotrophic.

^*TGF-β1, Tumor Growth Factor-β1, multifactorial peptide, implicated as a cause of fibrosis in kidney disease and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

^†IGF, Insulin like growth factor, somatomedin C.

^‡p ≤ .05.