Table 7.

mRNA expression of inflammatory markers in rabbits (%)

Groups	MCP-1	MMP-1	MMP-3	MMP-12	P-selectin
Group A (n= 10)	48.27 ± 10.24	12.78 ± 9.56	19.08 ± 8.38	13.80 ± 9.02	20.32 ± 6.28
Group B (n= 9)	21.30 ± 16.04*	16.33 ± 9.45	10.75 ± 6.23*	8.22 ± 6.24	11.93 ± 5.67*
Group C (n= 9)	53.86 ± 7.231	38.43 ± 11.00*†	22.45 ± 9.85†	16.59 ± 9.46†	22.34 ± 5.78†

^*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.