Table 3.

Expression of TGF-β1 mRNA in HSCs (mean ± SE)

Wk	n	Group N	Group C	Group I
7	5	0.143 ± 0.009	0.267 ± 0.025b	0.140 ± 0.008d
11	5	0.141 ± 0.004	0.207 ± 0.029ab	0.123 ± 0.009d

^b P < 0.01 vs group N;

^d P < 0.01 vs group C ;

^a P < 0.05 vs wk 7.