Table 2.

Effect of 5.0 g/ml rapamycin on EPC number (200 cells) in a time‐course experiment (n = 6)

Group	0 h	6 h	12 h	24 h	48 h
Control	59.5 ± 6.2	60.0 ± 4.4	60.8 ± 4.8	59.9 ± 6.1	61.2 ± 7.6
5.0 µg/ml	58.6 ± 5.0	50.5 ± 5.7 a	43.8 ± 5.5 b	31.8 ± 4.8 b	24.6 ± 4.1 b

Compared to control group, ^a P < 0.05; ^b P < 0.01.