Table 3.

Mann Whitney p-values from RT-qPCR data.

p≤0.05/2	p≤0.1/2	Biglycan	Decorin	Fmod	Lumican
	uninj vs 3w	0.002	0.445	0.310	0.366
WT	uninj vs 6w	0.002	0.562	0.713	1.000
	3w vs 6w	0.813	0.813	0.492	0.175
	uninj vs 3w	–	0.500	0.828	0.199
Bgn−/−	uninj vs 6w	–	0.624	0.683	0.665
	3w vs 6w	–	0.214	0.818	0.307
	uninj vs 3w	0.272	–	0.038	0.366
Dcn−/−	uninj vs 6w	0.451	–	0.019	0.393
	3w vs 6w	0.595	–	0.928	0.174
	WT vs Bgn−/−	–	0.374	0.511	0.473
uninj	WT vs Dcn−/−	0.005	–	0.035	0.836
	Bgn−/− vs Dcn −/−	–	–	0.132	0.242
	WT vs Bgn−/−	–	0.758	0.562	0.001
3w	WT vs Dcn−/−	0.174	–	0.445	0.234
	Bgn−/− vs Dcn−/−	–	–	0.193	0.270
	WT vs Bgn−/−	–	0.249	0.767	0.079
6w	WT vs Dcn−/−	0.418	–	0.751	0.212
	Bgn−/− vs Dcn−/−	–	–	0.926	0.006