Table 1.
Liver hAAT Protein Expression | Treatment Period | ||||||||
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Two Weeks | One Month | Three Months | |||||||
Control (n = 6) |
UFC1 (n = 6) |
p Value | Control (n = 5) |
UFC1 (n = 6) |
p Value | Control (n = 7) |
UFC1 (n = 7) |
p Value | |
hAAT polymer (IHC) | 1 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 0.6 | 1 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0.9 | 1 ± 0.04 | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 0.04 |
Soluble hAAT protein (WB) | 1 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0.5 | 1 ± 0.01 | 0.9 ± 0.01 | 0.02 | 1 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 0.03 |
Insoluble hAAT protein (WB) | 1.2 ± 0.2 | 1 ± 0.2 | 0.7 | 1 ± 0.01 | 0.9 ± 0.01 | 0.02 | 1 ± 0.1 | 0.7 ± 0.1 | 0.007 |
Data are presented as mean ± SEM. hAAT, human alpha1-antitrypsin; IHC, immunohistochemistry; WB, Western blot.