Table 2. Effect of IL-1β stimulation on hGF. Data were normalized to reference genes, expressed as percentage of control (no stimulation) which was set to 100%.
| IL-1β (ng/ml) | mRNAlevels (% of control) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IL6 | IL8 | MMP1 | |
| 0 | 100 ± 8 | 100 ± 9 | 100 ± 4 |
| 0.1 | 3952 ± 509*** | 81456 ± 12260*** | 333 ± 27*** |
| 1 | 3832 ± 477*** | 80414 ± 11765*** | 369 ± 37*** |
| 10 | 3709 ± 410*** | 76026 ± 11161*** | 362 ± 36*** |
Values represent the mean ± SEM of two independent experiments. Differences between groups: ***P < 0.001 treatment versus control.