Table 5.

Relative expression levels of skin homeostasis related genes.

Indexes	Group	0W	8W	p Value
Cytokine genes
TGFB1	Placebo	0.86 ± 0.19	0.92 ± 0.28	0.192
	LC-Plasma	0.93 ± 0.24	1.05 ± 0.33	0.019 *
AMP genes
BD1	Placebo	0.86 ± 0.59	1.13 ± 0.79	0.042 *
	LC-Plasma	1.12 ± 1.02	1.35 ± 1.02	0.02 *
BD2	Placebo	0.77 ± 1.24	1.32 ± 2.48	0.134
	LC-Plasma	0.61 ± 1.42	0.91 ± 1.96	0.225
BD3	Placebo	0.79 ± 0.70	0.83 ± 0.59	0.628
	LC-Plasma	0.76 ± 0.55	0.97 ± 0.59	0.008 **
S100A8	Placebo	0.74 ± 0.49	0.86 ± 0.66	0.257
	LC-Plasma	0.86 ± 0.68	1.14 ± 0.97	0.063 †
S100A9	Placebo	0.87 ± 0.44	1.05 ± 0.40	0.023 *
	LC-Plasma	1.08 ± 0.58	1.33 ± 0.66	0.007 **
TJ genes
Cldn1	Placebo	0.86 ± 0.30	1.05 ± 0.40	0.000 **
	LC-Plasma	1.06 ± 0.41	1.47 ± 0.53	0.000 **
OCLN	Placebo	0.85 ± 0.31	1.08 ± 0.38	0.003 **
	LC-Plasma	0.98 ± 0.36	1.18 ± 0.43	0.026 *
ZO1	Placebo	1.22 ± 0.28	1.28 ± 0.30	0.374
	LC-Plasma	1.30 ± 0.35	1.36 ± 0.34	0.410
Other genes
OVOL1	Placebo	1.07 ± 0.75	0.81 ± 0.40	0.03 *
	LC-Plasma	1.03 ± 0.64	0.94 ± 0.78	0.543

Mean ± S.D., ^†: p < 0.10, *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01.