Action Mechanisms of Du-Huo-Ji-Sheng-Tang on Cartilage Degradation in a Rabbit Model of Osteoarthritis

Table 2

General characteristics of HIF-1α mRNA and VEGF mRNA between 6 and 10 weeks.

Treatments	Sixth week		10th week
	VEGF	HIF-1α	VEGF	HIF-1α
Normal group	0.55 ± 0.27**	0.71 ± 0.15**	0.55 ± 0.23**	0.69 ± 0.17**
Control group	80.01 ± 6.07	94.21 ± 20.12	125.01 ± 26.07*	160.35 ± 72.27*

Values as means ± SD were obtained from each group of 5 animals.
* P < .05 compared with control group animals at the sixth week.
** P < .01 compared with control group animals at the same time point control group.