Table 1.

Validation of Microarray Gene Expression by Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

	4 weeks treatment		8 weeks treatment
Genes	Microarray	qPCR (se)	Microarray	qPCR (se)
ARG1	2.5	1.2 (0.04)	1.9	1.3 (0.11)
VCAM1	1	1.6 (0.08)	−1.4	−1.8 (0.1)
TIMP1	1.4	1.4 (0.02)	1.2	1.8 (0.06)
CD28	1.1	1.8 (0.07)	1.1	1.5 (0.02)
IL13	1.2	2.2 (0.93)	1.3	1.7 (0.16)
SELL	−2.04	−2.8 (0.94)	1.2	2.6 (0.48)
LGALS3	1.3	1.3 (0.10)	1.7	2.0 (0.25)
TLR2	−1	−1.9 (0.31)	1.8	1.9 (0.16)
TNFA	1	−2.4 (0.34)	1.8	1.4 (0.28)
MMP1	−1.2	−1.4 (1.08)	−2.2	−2.9 (0.1)
IL6	2.4	1.3 (0.21)	2.5	2.4 (0.52)
NOS2	1	2.2 (0.94)	−1.7	−2.3 (0.57)
SPP1	1.6	3.0 (1.81)	2.3	3.6 (0.79)
CCL2	1.9	1.3 (0.13)	1.8	1.2 (0.08)
CXCL10	1.7	2.3 (0.84)	1.7	1.7 (0.24)
MSR1	2.1	1.6 (0.25)	1.8	1.3 (0.15)

se, standard error; qPCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction.