Effect of Acupuncture on Endometrial Angiogenesis and Uterus Dendritic Cells in COH Rats during Peri-Implantation Period
Table 6
Comparison of the levels of VEGF, sFlt-1, IL-15, and IL-18 of uDCs secreting in vitro.
Cytokines
Group
D4
D6
D8
VEGF (pg/ml)
N
45.1 ± 1.6 (5)
46.0 ± 5.6 ()
44.4 ± 5.2 ()
M
55.6 ± 5.4
46.1 ± 6.9 ()
33.9 ± 4.5
P
45.9 ± 6.5 ()##
45.0 ± 4.6 ()
41.9 ± 4.0 ()##
A
42.0 ± 2.8 ()##
43.9 ± 4.1 ()
48.3 ± 5.4 ()##
A + P
41.5 ± 2.8 ()##
44.0 ± 2.5 ()
45.6 ± 6.5 ()##
sFlt-1 (ng/ml)
N
0.541 ± 0.049 ()
0.560 ± 0.038 ()
0.574 ± 0.038 ()
M
0.560 ± 0.034 ()
0.592 ± 0.049 ()
0.620 ± 0.095 ()
P
0.569 ± 0.039 ()
0.596 ± 0.077 ()
0.592 ± 0.043 ()
A
0.559 ± 0.030 ()
0.559 ± 0.030 ()
0.606 ± 0.045 ()
A + P
0.601 ± 0.062 ()
0.620 ± 0.060 ()
0.564 ± 0.063 ()
IL-15 (pg/ml)
N
129.0 ± 18.9 ()
30.0 ± 0.96 ()
24.3 ± 0.6 ()
M
66.9 ± 9.3
25.4 ± 0.8
22.1 ± 0.4
P
76.0 ± 12.2 ()
28.2 ± 2.0 ()##
23.7 ± 1.1 ()##
A
68.0 ± 6.1 ()
26.8 ± 1.0 ()
23.3 ± 0.8 ()#
A + P
68.6 ± 3.4 ()
27.2 ± 1.6 ()#
24.8 ± 0.6 ()##
IL-18 (pg/ml)
N
34.7 ± 7.5 ()
39.8 ± 2.6 ()
31.0 ± 4.1 ()
M
23.0 ± 6.6
31.0 ± 1.3
21.7 ± 3.6
P
35.3 ± 10.2 ()#
35.5 ± 2.9 ()#
26.6 ± 6.4 ()
A
28.4 ± 6.6 ()
32.3 ± 2.6 ()
29.2 ± 4.2 ()#
A + P
35.0 ± 9.5 ()#
35.6 ± 2.7 ()##
37.6 ± 6.1 ()##
Value = mean ± SD. and represents that there is significant difference between M and N groups ( or ). # or ## represents that there is significant difference when P, A, or A + P is compared with M group ( or ).
