did not reach statistical significancep = 0.0442
Ureaplasma -driven caspase responses in pulmonary epithelial cells For caspases 3, 4, and 5, we observed a trend towards lower mRNA levels following 30 h Ureaplasma exposure of A549 cells, which mostly did not reach statistical significance (caspase 3, serovar 8: 0.5 ± 0.1-fold, p = 0.0442, serovar 3: 0.5 ± 0.1-fold, p = 0.0828; caspase 4, serovar 8: 0.5 ± 0.1-fold, p = 0.2332, serovar 3: 0.5 ± 0.1-fold, p = 0.1228; caspase 5, serovar 8: 0.1 ± 0.09-fold, p = 0.5481, serovar 3: 0.07 ± 0.06-fold, p = 0.5106, vs. broth) ( Fig 2A–2C ).