Research Article

Toxic Damage Increases Angiogenesis and Metastasis in Fibrotic Livers via PECAM-1

Table 1

Relative expression levels of PECAM-1 during fibrogenesis. Data is expressed as mean RNA levels in comparison to the housekeeping gene ALAS. per group.

Control animalsFibrotic animals

Week 40.004867 ± 0.0005470.008987 ± 0.000789*
Week 80.006620 ± 0.0006120.008931 ± 0.001032n.s.
Week 120.005667 ± 0.0005900.008207 ± 0.000856*
Week 160.004670 ± 0.0005040.009203 ± 0.001005*

* , n.s.: not significant.