Table 3.

STAT1 mRNA expression of the control, model, and treatment groups (x ± s, n = 6)

Groups	STAT1 mRNA expression
	7 d	14 d	21 d	28 d
Control	0.147 ± 0.018	0.168 ± 0.015	0.161 ± 0.014	0.161 ± 0.019
Model	0.195 ± 0.023	0.674 ± 0.086*	0.521 ± 0.022*	0.421 ± 0.052*
Matrine	0.122 ± 0.014	0.456 ± 0.058**	0.392 ± 0.023**	0.274 ± 0.033**

^*P < 0.05 compared with the control group, and

^**P < 0.05 compared with the model group.