highly significantp -value of < 0.01
Differences were considered significant at a p -value of < 0.05 (*) and highly significant at a p -value of < 0.01 (**) and p -value of < 0.001 (***).
Differences were considered significant at a p -value of < 0.05 (*) and highly significant at a p -value of < 0.01 (**) and p -value of < 0.001 (***).
Tgfβ , which exhibits pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic features, showed a trend towards a significant correlation to pro-inflammatory Tnf (Fig. 6 ).