The Effects of Nebulized Inhaled Triptolide on Airway Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Asthma

Table 3

Changes in mRNA transcription of three TFs and expression of CD17+ T lymphocytes.

	Blk	NS	Dex	TP	F
IL-17 (∆Ct)	10.69 ± 0.29	6.19 ± 0.66	8.80 ± 0.41	8.06 ± 0.32	105.95	<0.001
RORγt (∆Ct)	10.90 ± 0.41	5.32 ± 0.45	8.96 ± 0.65	7.43 ± 0.44	143.33	<0.001
FoxP3 (∆Ct)	1.32 ± 0.18	4.48 ± 0.48	2.42 ± 0.28	3.07 ± 0.36	88.32	<0.001
CD4CD17 (%)	1.18 ± 0.33 ^	9.53 ± 2.74 ˜	4.23 ± 2.26 ^   ˜	6.76 ± 2.99 ^   ˜	13.70	<0.001

Between any two groups in pairwise comparison: ;  ^either group in pairwise comparison with NS group: ;  ˜either group in pairwise comparison with Blk group: .