Figure 7

Confirmation of microarray findings by qRT-PCR of (A) IL1B, (B) RGS1, (C) EGR2, (D) FOXO3A, (E) SOD2 and (F) HIF1A genes. Expression levels were normalized to HPRT1. The differences were evaluated by Mann–Whitney U test. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001 were considered significant.