Table 4 The score of the in vivo degree of inflammation and the intensity of macrophage expression in IHC staining.

From: Potential of tadalafil and tadalafil-cellulose nanocomposite in preventing postsurgical abdominal adhesions in a rat cecal abrasion model

 

Adhesion group

Tadalafil group

Cellulose group

Tadalafil/ Cellulose group

Sham group

Mean ± S.D.

Mean ± S.D.

Mean ± S.D.

Mean ± S.D.

Mean ± S.D.

Inflammation degree score

2.10 ± 0.56 c

0.40 ± 0.51 a

1.40 ± 0.69 b

0.50 ± 0.52 a

0.00 ± 0.00 a

Macrophage IHC score

3.10 ± 0.73 d

1.10 ± 0.56 b

1.90 ± 0.73 c

1.00 ± 0.66 b

0.00 ± 0.00 a

  1. The groups that labeled with different letters were statistically significant (p < 0.05), while groups having the same letter were insignificant. Differences were evaluated using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s HSD post hoc test.
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