Up-regulation of Hsp72 and keratin16 mediates wound healing in streptozotocin diabetic rats

Biological Research

Table 1 Effect of treatment with whey protein on wound diameter and closure percent of normal wounded and diabetic wounded rats

Groups	1 day		4 days		8 days
Groups	Mean	%	Mean	%	Mean	%
Normal wounded	4.6 ± 0.13^ab	8	3.8 ± 0.1^ef	24	3.0 ± 0.1 ^g	40
Normal wounded treated	4.2 ± 0.15 ^cd	16	2.5 ± 0.0 ^h	50	0.0 ± 0.0ⁱ	100
Diabetic wounded	4.8 ± 0.1^a	4	4.4 ± 0.13^bc	12	3.6 ± 0.18^f	28
Diabetic wounded treated	4.4 ± 0.12^bc	12	4.0 ± 0.0^de	20	3.2 ± 0.13 ^g	36

Data are expressed as mean ± SE. Number of samples in each group is 3
Means which share the same superscript symbol(s) are not significantly different
F-probability: p < 0.001; LSD at the 5 % level = 0.201; LSD at the 1 % level = 0.273

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