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Table IV.

Comparison ofrelativemRNA expression levels in the model and YGD groups.

Group	n	a-SMA	CXCR4	ERK1	ERK2	NF-κB p65	β-catenin
Model week 4	10	8.998±0.267	1.424±0.186	1.133±0.050	1.104±0.046	4.338±0.176	2.433±0.324
YGD week 1	10	7.107±0.429^a	1.441±0.302	1.369±0.081^a	1.291±0.039^a	3.475±0.369^a	2.080±0.147^a
YGD week 2	10	5.016±0.333^a,b	2.903±0.350^a,b	1.620±0.026^a,b	1.505±0.021^a,b	1.837±0.175^a,b	1.699±0.083^a,b
YGD week 3	10	3.269±0.267^a,c	4.236±0.510^a,c	1.835±0.090^a,c	2.123±0.082^a,c	1.309±0.053^a,c	1.237±0.539^a,c
YGD week 4	14	1.883±0.311^a,d	5.925±1.067^a,d	2.408±0.151^a,d	2.831±0.256^a,d	1.147±0.115^a,d	1.088±0.012^a,d

Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation.

P<0.05 vs. model week 4

P<0.05 vs. YGD week 1

P<0.05 vs. YGD week 2

P<0.05 vs. YGD week 3. YGD, Yi Guan Jian decoction; α-SMA, α-smooth muscle actin; CXCR4, C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4; ERK1/2, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2; NF-κB p65, nuclear factor κB p65 subunit.