Table 2 Messenger RNA expression of neurotrophic factors.

From: Priming with FGF2 stimulates human dental pulp cells to promote axonal regeneration and locomotor function recovery after spinal cord injury

 

DPC-S

DPC-FS

P

BDNF

1.0 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.2

0.23

NT-3

1.0 ± 0.0

0.3 ± 0.0

<0.001

GDNF

1.0 ± 0.0

0.9 ± 0.1

0.08

VEGF

1.0 ± 0.0

3.8 ± 0.1

<0.001

  1. The ratio of mRNA expression in DPC-S for each neurotrophic factor was averaged, and the mean value was standardized to 1.0 for comparison with DPC-FS. The values are expressed as the mean ± SE. Significant differences between the two groups were determined by Student’s t-test (n = 6).
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