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Table 5 Effect of Chrysin and sildenafil against ZnO-NPs elevated MYD 88, TNF-α, and NF-κB1 gene expression

From: The alleviative efficacy of sildenafil and chrysin against zinc oxide nanoparticles-provoked hepatic and blood toxicity: role of MyD88/NF-κB1/TNF-α pathway

N = 6

Control

ZnO-NPs

Sildenafil

Chrysin

Prophylaxis Chrysin

Chrysin-treated

Sildenafil-treated

Combined-treated

MyD88

1.014 ± 0.17

A

3.85 ± 0.016

B

1.01 ± 0.04

A

1.031 ± 0.20

A

2.40 ± 0.13

C

1.97 ± 0.03

C

2.03 ± 0.22

D

1.7 ± 0.0004

A

TNF-α

1.003 ± 0.085

A

8.19 ± 0.37

B

1.05 ± 0.068

A

1.012 ± 0.07

A

4.63 ± 0.52

C

2.94 ± 0.15

C

2.66 ± 0.14

D

1.90 ± 0.010

A

NF-κB1

1.008 ± 0.129

A

5.619 ± 0.14

B

1.060 ± 0.31

A

1.003 ± 0.24

A

3.32 ± 0.094

C

2.41 ± 0.08

C

2.33 ± 0.19

D

1.83 ± 0.004

A

  1. MyD88 myeloid differentiation factor 88, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-alpha, NF-κB1 nuclear factor kappa beta
  2. Values represent Mean ± SEM. Within the same row, values without common subscript capital letters are significantly different (p < 0.0001)