Research Article
The Biological Effects of Sex Hormones on Rabbit Articular Chondrocytes from Different Genders
Table 1
The expression of collagen I and collagen II on different groups with analysis by RT-PCR.
| | Sex hormone | Expression of collagen I (X-fold of control) | Expression of collagen II (X-fold of control) | | Male | Female | Male | Female |
| | Estradiol | | | | | | 10−6 () | 0.77 (0.65 to 0.89) | 0.52 *(0.41 to 0.64) | 1.48 (1.39 to 1.56) | 1.89 *(1.76 to 2.02) | | 10−7 () | 0.89 (0.68 to 1.14) | 0.56 *(0.47 to 0.65) | 1.52 (1.39 to 1.65) | 1.96 *(1.72 to 2.21) | | Testosterone | | | | | | 10−6 () | 0.98 (0.87 to 1.09) | 0.89 (0.78 to 1.01) | 1.24 (0.77 to 1.71) | 1.31 (1.09 to 1.53) | | 10−7 () | 0.89 (0.68 to 1.10) | 0.78 (0.66 to 0.91) | 1.21 (0.74 to 1.68) | 1.28 (1.05 to 1.51) |
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Values are the mean (95% confidence interval [CI]).
: number of chondrocytes samples.
by multiway ANOVA.
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