Table 1.
Red fluorescence semi-quantitative evaluation of iNOS and COX-2 immunostaining.
| WT CTRL | WT + LPS | KO CTRL | KO + LPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iNOS (a.u.) | liver | 4.48 ± 1.23 | 26.97 ± 5.23 *** | 3.32 ± 0.32 | 7.69 ± 0.96 ###, ++ |
| kidney | 3.07 ± 1.03 | 50.56 ± 16.39 *** | 1.79 ± 0.33 | 9.63 ± 1.49 ## | |
| aorta | 1.16 ± 0.50 | 69.35 ± 14.02 *** | 1.43 ± 0.27 | 1.26 ± 0.35 ### | |
| heart | 2.42 ± 0.40 | 20.37 ± 2.80 *** | 1.98 ± 0.42 | 4.53 ± 1.17 ###, + | |
| COX-2 staining (a.u.) |
liver | 0.17 ± 0.07 | 8.37 ± 1.88 *** | 0.82 ± 0.80 | 0.44 ± 0.18 ### |
| kidney | 0.014 ± 0.01 | 27.31 ± 6.00 *** | 0.02 ± 0.01 | 0.02 ± 0.004 ### | |
| aorta | 0.29 ± 0.19 | 15.80 ± 2.84 *** | 0.50 ± 0.17 | 3.37 ± 0.44 ### | |
| heart | 0.10 ± 0.11 | 18.49 ± 6.62 *** | 0.95 ± 0.27 | 1.68 ± 1.34 ### | |
*** p <0.001, WT + LPS vs. WT CTRL; ## p < 0.01, ### p < 0.001, KO + LPS vs. WT + LPS; + p < 0.05, ++ p < 0.01, KO CTRL vs. KO + LPS; a.u., arbitrary units.