Table 3 Relative transcription levels of the immune-related genes normalized to EF1A _B

CD3

1.63 ± 0.21 ^b

1.38 ± 0.10^ab

1.44 ± 0.13 ^b

1.22 ± 0.29^a

0.99 ± 0.11^a

0.96 ± 0.06^a

1.21 ± 0.11 ^a

1.13 ± 0.11^ab

0.89 ± 0.07 ^b

COX-2a

1.56 ± 0.29^a

1.36 ± 0.15^a

1.28 ± 0.22^a

0.98 ± 0.10^a

1.08 ± 0.11^a

1.20 ± 0.17^a

0.85 ± 0.17^a

1.19 ± 0.21^a

0.85 ± 0.24^a

IgM

1.37 ± 0.38^a

0.80 ± 0.20^a

0.97 ± 0.28^a

0.93 ± 0.28^a

0.72 ± 0.20^a

0.95 ± 0.17^a

0.99 ± 0.30 ^a

0.52 ± 0.12^ab

0.31 ± 0.14 ^b

IgT

1.97 ± 0.61^a

0.85 ± 0.12^a

0.94 ± 0.17^a

1.23 ± 0.18^a

0.89 ± 0.22^a

1.43 ± 0.30^a

1.09 ± 0.33 ^a

0.71 ± 0.18^ab

0.37 ± 0.07 ^b

IL-1β

0.94 ± 0.23^a

0.63 ± 0.14^a

0.91 ± 0.22^a

1.51 ± 0.68^a

0.90 ± 0.20^a

0.89 ± 0.29^a

1.26 ± 0.68^a

1.07 ± 0.29^a

0.92 ± 0.52^a

MHCII

1.59 ± 0.18 ^b

1.32 ± 0.17^ab

1.44 ± 0.19^ab

1.23 ± 0.26^a

0.92 ± 0.15^a

0.92 ± 0.14^a

1.15 ± 0.13^a

1.48 ± 0.18^a

1.02 ± 0.15^a

NOD2

1.31 ± 0.12^a

1.32 ± 0.10^a

1.21 ± 0.09^a

0.98 ± 0.09^a

0.92 ± 0.10^a

0.87 ± 0.06^a

1.23 ± 0.16^a

1.90 ± 0.58^a

0.96 ± 0.15^a

TGF-β

1.59 ± 0.13^ab

1.71 ± 0.15 ^b

1.74 ± 0.21 ^b

1.44 ± 0.27^a

1.19 ± 0.21^a

1.26 ± 0.11^a

1.71 ± 0.41^a

1.54 ± 0.27^a

0.97 ± 0.33^a

TNF-α

0.93 ± 0.19^a

0.68 ± 0.11^a

0.93 ± 0.16^a

NA

NA

NA

2.16 ± 1.31^a

1.44 ± 0.28^a

1.36 ± 0.75^a