Expression of Interleukin-17A in Lung Tissues of Irradiated Mice and the Influence of Dexamethasone

Table 1

The average optical density of IL-17A analysis and comparison in each group (𝑛=5, mean ± SD).

Group	1 w	4 w	8 w	16 w
Sham	504.81±65.03	473.84±76.30	488.18±84.83	433.70±69.51
RT^#	1056.20±234.80	2664.31±596.54	1890.94±245.38	1322.10±201.45
RT + DXM^##	670.60±176.59	1360.36±352.87	1037.04±148.53	889.21±123.63

^##,#𝑃<0.05 versus Sham group; ^##𝑃<0.05 versus RT group at corresponding time point.