Alteration of Mevalonate Pathway in Rat Splenic Lymphocytes: Possible Role in Cytokines Secretion Regulated by L-Theanine

Table 5

Coefficients between the mRNA and protein expression of FDPs, Rap1A, and HMGCR and the cytokines in rat splenic lymphocytes.

Item	mRNA expression			Protein expression
	Rap1A	HMGCR	FDPs	Rap1A	HMGCR	FDPs
IFN-	0.65	0.60	0.60
IL-2	0.41	0.36	0.35			0.768
IL-4	0.51	0.45	0.57			0.784
IL-6	0.48	0.42	0.51			0.773
IL-10	0.11	0.05	0.25	0.444	0.430	0.496
IL-12	0.28	0.21	0.32	0.763		0.628
TNF-	−0.03		0.05	0.518	0.604	0.376

#, , and represent ,  , and , respectively.