Table 2.

Serum inflammatory markers in rabbits before euthanasia

Groups	hs-CRP (ng/ml)	IL-8 (pg/ml)	IL-18 (pg/ml)	MMP-1 (ng/ml)	P-selectin (ng/ml)
Group A (n= 10)	80.7 ± 21.2	7.9 ± 3.2	70.3 ± 12.7	24.8 ± 12.7	15.3 ± 2.7
Group B(n= 9)	37.7 ± 10.6*	4.9 ± 3.8	28.5 ± 12.3*	24.1 ± 9.1	12.7 ± 4.8
Group C (n= 9)	120.3 ± 24.8*†	12.8 ± 4.9*†	92.5 ± 24.9*†	58.7 ± 18.2*†	20.5 ± 5.4*†

^*P<0.05 versos group A

^†p<0.05 versus group B.

Group A, control group without treatment; group B, plRES-EGFP-7ND treatment and group C, empty-vector treatment.

hs-CRP, high sensitive C-reactive protein; IL-8, interleukin-8; IL-18, interleukin-18 and MMP-1, matrix metalloproteinase-1.