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. 2004 Feb 1;10(3):361–365. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i3.361

Table 2.

Comparison of tumor growth in mice immunized with HSP70-peptide complexes

Groups Sex No. of tumor- 10 days after HCaf challenge
15 days after HCaF challenge
Size of tumor (mm3) Inhibition rate (%) Size of tumor (mm3) Inhibition rate (%)
bearing mice
HSP70 300 μg/kg Female 2 0.88bc 97.0ac 6.66bd 98.5ad
Male 6 61.98bd 80.2bd 384.77bc 83.2bc
600 μg/kg Female 1 0.45 98.4 5.74
Male 6 64.49b 79.4bd 515.10bc 77.6bc
S-HCaF Female 5 3.09bc 89.2bc 10.21bc 97.7bc
Male 6 24.27bd 92.2bd 501.55b 78.2bd
S-HC Female 6 30.00 -4.5 402.17 8.2
Male 6 204.89 34.5 1554.30 32.3
PBS Female 6 28.70 438.17
Male 6 312.83 2295.52
a

P < 0.05, vs PBS;

b

P < 0.01, vs PBS;

c

P < 0.01, vs S-HC;

d

P < 0.05, vs S-HC. Inhibition rate (%)=1 - [(Tumor size of experimental group/Tumor size of control group(PBS)) × 100%]