Table 1. Normoxic expression levels of pro-inflammatory genes in LNCaP, DU145 and PC3 cells.

	VEGF	RAGE	P2X7R	PTX3	COX2	CXCR4	HO1
LNCaP	0.10±0.02	0.13±0.02	0.20±0.02	not detected	not detected	0.80±0.04	0.03±0.01
DU145	***0.61±0.05	***3.22±0.43	not detected	*** 22.53±3.67	***20.62±2.35	*2.84±0.29	***0.92±0.13
PC3	***0.35±0.04	***0.69±0.09	***1.52±0.2	*** 249±54	***1515±356	0.70±0.09	**0.26±0.04

Normoxic expression levels of pro-inflammatory genes in LNCaP, DU145 and PC3 cells. Values express the mRNA level of each gene quantified by real-time PCR and normalized to the housekeeping gene 18S rRNA. Mean ± SE. Asterisks indicate a significant higher value compared to LNCaP cells.