Number of positive cells counted
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Ratio between treated and control groups
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|
Cleaved PARP
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Caspase-3
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Cytosolic cytochrome-c
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Cleaved PARP
|
Caspase-3
|
Cytosolic cytochrome-c
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C16
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43.1 ± 7.1a
|
3.7 ± 0.4a
|
3.4 ± 0.3a
| | | | |
W16
|
136.7 ± 12.2b
|
16.0 ± 1.4c
|
4.7 ± 0.3a
|
W16/C16
|
2.89 ± 0.30a
|
3.02 ± 0.37a
|
1.52 ± 0.11a
|
A16
|
71.7 ± 9.2c
|
7.9 ± 0.4c
|
6.7 ± 0.4c
|
A16/C16
|
1.41 ± 0.13b
|
2.90 ± 0.35a
|
2.54 ± 0.25b
|
C19
|
48.0 ± 5.9a
|
1.3 ± 0.2b
|
4.9 ± 0.3a
| | | | |
W19
|
149.2 ± 20.9b
|
9.3 ± 0.7c
|
13.3 ± 0.7b
|
W19/C19
|
3.40 ± 0.23a
|
7.56 ± 0.74b
|
3.03 ± 0.20b
|
A19
|
115.9 ± 9.5b
|
4.6 ± 0.2a
|
15.4 ± 0.4d
|
A19/C19
|
3.00 ± 0.30a
|
3.84 ± 0.34a
|
3.35 ± 0.21b
|
C21
|
54.8 ± 7.6a
|
2.5 ± 0.3a
|
4.8 ± 0.3a
| | | | |
W21
|
148.0 ± 16.9b
|
7.3 ± 0.7c
|
12.7 ± 0.6b
|
W21/C21
|
2.99 ± 0.54a
|
2.50 ± 0.70a
|
3.00 ± 0.22b
|
A21
|
73.4 ± 11.7c
|
7.2 ± 0.4c
|
10.2 ± 0.6b
|
A21/C21
|
1.67 ± 0.36b
|
2.43 ± 0.50a
|
2.78 ± 0.29b
|
- Groups: control (C), tumour-bearing (W) and ascitic fluid-injected (A) rats. Twenty areas (300 μm2 each) were examined in one tissue section each from at least six rats per group. The cells were counted using Image ProPlus software. The results are expressed asthe mean ± SEM. Different superscript letters indicate significant differences within each column (P < 0.05).