Table IV.

Comparison of mean optical density values of Fas, FasL, PCNA-mRNA and caspase-3 mRNA in each group

Group	Fields (n)	Fas	FasL	PCNA-mRNA	Caspase-3 mRNA
Control group	60	0.215 ±0.010	0.196 ±0.013	0.363 ±0.025	0.200 ±0.038
Dexamethasone-treated group	60	0.253 ±0.012*	0.257 ±0.021*	0.241 ±0.075*	0.265 ±0.024*
EsA-treated group	60	0.271 ±0.023*	0.277 ±0.016*	0.216 ±0.015*	0.282 ±0.017*

Values presented as mean ±SEM.

^*p < 0.05 vs. control group