Effects of pentoxifylline on the hepatic content of TGF-β1 and collagen in Schistosomiasis japonica mice with liver fibrosis

Table 1 Content of TGF-β1, collagen I and III in liver of each treated group and control group (^-χ±s, ILD, n = 10)

Group	TGF-β1	Collagen I	Collagen III
Control	0.883 ± 0.140	0.771 ± 0.156	0.822 ± 0.129
Praziquantel	0.489 ± 0.105a	0.596 ± 0.103a	0.613 ± 0.116a
High dose PTX	0.709 ± 0.111bd	0.644 ± 0.108bd	0.654 ± 0.152be
Low dose PTX	0.752 ± 0.152cdf	0.733 ± 0.117cdf	0.788 ± 0.147cdg

^aP < 0.01, vs control group;

^bP < 0.05, vs control group;

^cP > 0.05, vs control group;

^dP < 0.01, vs praziquantel group;

^eP > 0.05, vs praziquantel group;

^fP < 0.05, vs high dose PTX group;

^gP < 0.01, vs high dose PTX group.