Table 5.

Effects of arsenic poisoning on mRNA levels of VEGF and VEGFR2 in epididymis of rats (n = 3, x ± s).

Group	VEGF/β-actin	VEGFR2/β-actin
Control group	0.63 ± 0.071	0.61 ± 0.060
Low dose group	0.60 ± 0.065∗	0.58 ± 0.065∗
Middle dose group	0.51 ± 0.067∗	0.49 ± 0.058∗
High dose group	0.29 ± 0.020∗	0.27 ± 0.022∗

Note. ∗ compared with the control group, p < 0.05.