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Table 5 Lens vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and caspase-12 in control and experimental groups

From: Potential prophylactic effect of chemical chaperones for alleviation of endoplasmic reticulum stress in experimental diabetic cataract

Groups	VEGF (pg/mg protein)	Caspase-12 (ng/mg protein)
Group 1: Control
Range	0.38–1.6	0.07–0.21
Mean ± S.D	0.87 ± 0.55	0.15 ± 0.06
Group 2: diabetic model
Range	1.9–3.4	0.3–0.81
Mean ± S.D	2.81 ± 0.64^a	0.53 ± 0.19 ^a
Group 3: diabetic model + 4PBA
Range	0.5–2.7	0.07–0.23
Mean ± S.D	1.3 ± 0.87 ^b	0.12 ± 0.06 ^b
Group 4: diabetic model + TUDCA
Range	1.25–2	0.19–0.36
Mean ± S.D	1.73 ± 0.27^a,b	0.26 ± 0.08 ^b
Group 5: diabetic model + TMAO
Range	1–3	0.25–0.75
Mean ± S.D	2 ± 0.95^a	0.41 ± 0.17^a

SD standard deviation n = 15
^aSignificant in comparing with control group at P < 0.05
^bSignificant in comparing with diabetic model group at P < 0.05

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