Table 4.
Group | NCTD (mg/mL) | n |
Percent of protein expression (%) |
MMP2/TIMP2 | |
MMP2 | TIMP2 | ||||
Control | 0 | 10 | 62.82±3.20 | 13.42±1.27 | 4.68 |
NCTD | 5 | 10 | 34.61±1.82a | 30.79±2.15a | 1.12b |
10 | 10 | 27.02±1.40a | 34.22±2.97a | 0.79b | |
20 | 10 | 26.18±1.81a | 35.60±2.04a | 0.74b | |
40 | 10 | 19.56±2.36 a | 29.54±2.33a | 0.66b |
P<0.05 vs control group;
P<0.01 vs control group.