Comparison of the Protective Effects of Individual Components of Particulated trans-Sialidase (PTCTS), PTC and TS, against High Cholesterol Diet-Induced Atherosclerosis in Rabbits

Table 4

Number of circulating MPs associated with M. pneumoniae antigens in animals from each group. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

	Mycoplasma pneumoniae				Basal × pre	Pre × post
	Basal	Pretreatment	Posttreatment	ΔT
CNeg	45 ± 16	71 ± 25	49 ± 17	−22 ± 29	0.02	0.12
CPos	209 ± 104	286 ± 106	437 ± 199	152 ± 112	0.001	0.02
PTC	62 ± 42	107 ± 43	70 ± 14	−36 ± 49	0.08	0.06
TS	369 ± 243	286 ± 158	361 ± 135	75 ± 87	0.31	0.13
PTCTS	102 ± 59	296 ± 184	159 ± 103	−137 ± 88	0.02	0.01