Effects of blueberry on hepatic fibrosis and transcription factor Nrf2 in rats

Table 4 Expression of Nrf2 and Nqo1 in each group (mean ± SD)

Group	n	Relative amount of mRNA		Protein expression (%)		Protein level
		Nrf2	Nqo1	Nrf2	Nqo1	Nrf2	Nqo1
A	8	46.86 ± 6.49	13.38 ± 4.37	57.50 ± 26.14	15.25 ± 3.62	0.21 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.03
B	8	254.88 ± 55.96a	68.38 ± 12.61a	78.75 ± 15.29a	42.50 ± 16.26a	0.30 ± 0.06a	0.16 ± 0.02a
C	9	333.44 ± 90.53a	72.78 ± 15.94a	85.11 ± 13.65a	54.44 ± 15.09a	0.34 ± 0.08a	0.18 ± 0.03a
D	8	277.00 ± 67.38a	70.63 ± 20.17a	80.00 ± 21.38a	50.63 ± 18.98a	0.33 ± 0.09a	0.17 ± 0.04a
E	8	345.00 ± 72.60a	77.88 ± 27.50a	87.25 ± 14.16a	58.13 ± 15.80a	0.35 ± 0.09a	0.18 ± 0.02a

^aP < 0.05 vs group A.