Table 3.

The expression of the TFAM and Cx43 genes in the experimental (PONC complexes) and control groups

Groups	TFAM gene	Cx43 gene
Experimental group	0.460 $\pm$ 0.090	4.28 $\pm$ 0.57
Control group	0.025 $\pm$ 0.005	0.96 $\pm$ 0.12
p-value	0.03	0.0001
Data are expressed as Mean $\pm$ SD. Chi-square test was used. TFAM: Mitochondrial transcription factor A, Cx43: Connexin43