Table 6.

Expression of inflammatory markers by immunohistochemistry in rabbits (%)

Groups	MCP-1	MMP-1	MMP-3	MMP-12	P-selectin
Group A (n= 10)	16.87 ± 7.93	17.21 ± 3.23	13.20 ± 10.20	8.98 ± 6.01	11.43 ± 2.30
Group B (n = 9)	8.24 ± 4.58*`	12.09 ± 4.72*	9.23 ± 8.93	7.23 ± 2.48	7.05 ± 2.06*
Group C (n= 9)	24.60 ± 8.93*†	23.20 ± 5.98*†	18.21 ± 10.10†	13.04 ± 5.68†	13.05 ± 6.21†

^*P<0.05 versus 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.

MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; MMP-1, matrix metalloproteinase-1; MMP-3, matrix metalloproteinase-3 and MMP-12, matrix metalloproteinase-12.