Table 4. Analysis of the correlation between mRNA and protein expression levels of PI3K, mTOR, RhoA, p-RhoA protein, and mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) and percent phagocytosis (r value).

Index/Group	PI3K		mTOR		RhoA		p-RhoA protein
	mRNA	Protein	mRNA	Protein	mRNA	Protein
MFI
Blank control	0.92*	0.93**	- 0.83*	- 0.91*	0.95**	0.84*	0.86*
Negative control	0.93**	0.92**	- 0.92*	- 0.91*	0.89*	0.98**	0.91*
PI3K-RNAi	0.90*	0.84*	- 0.85*	- 0.87*	0.85*	0.92*	0.88*
mTOR-RNAi	0.93**	0.85*	- 0.83*	- 0.91*	0.92**	0.98**	0.90*
Phagocytosis (%)
Blank	0.95**	0.93**	-0.89*	-0.97**	0.95**	0.96**	0.97**
Negative control	0.94**	0.82*	-0.96**	-0.94**	0.99**	0.90*	0.97**
PI3K-RNAi	0.99**	0.90*	-0.88*	-0.92*	0.96**	0.97**	0.90*
mTOR-RNAi	0.99**	0.82*	-0.87*	-0.98**	0.94**	0.92**	0.90**

*P<0.05, **P<0.01 (Pearson's linear correlation analysis).