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Table 2 Original data (mean ± SEM) for vessel wall thickness and HSP 70 expression (p < 0.05): patients without irradiation (group 1), patients with conventional irradiation (59.4-72 Gy, group 2) and patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation (40 Gy and cisplatin or carboplatin and paclitaxel, group3)

From: Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation and postoperative radiotherapy on expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in head and neck vessels

 

group 1

 

group 2

 

group 3

 

wall thickness [μm]

transplant

recipient

transplant

recipient

transplant

recipient

intima of veins

18,6 ± 0,7

18,5 ± 0,6

21,0 ± 0,8

22,8 ± 4,8

45,6 ±4,0

43,1 ±6,1

media of veins

184,7 ±6,3

212,1 ±10,6

121,8 ± 3,9

289,6 ± 10,5

190,9 ± 13,2

200,5 ±9,3

intima of arteries

30,6 ± 2,0

32,8 ± 2,8

53,1 ± 2,8

72,5 ± 1,4

31,2 ± 3,2

77,1 ± 2,8

media of arteries

439,8 ± 19,6

323,6 ± 11,6

423,9 ±3,0

262,0 ±13,2

283,8 ± 13,5

405,5 ± 7,14

HSP70 expression [%]

      

intima of veins

2,04 ± 0,18

3,06 ± 0,14

4,22 ± 0,14

2,54 ± 0,44

2,27 ± 0,15

2,92 ± 0,54

media of veins

2,42 ± 0,22

4,52 ± 0,21

2,46 ± 0,18

1,00 ± 0,05

4,55 ± 0,55

8,38 ± 0,94

intima of arteries

0,19 ± 0,01

1,56 ± 0,24

0,75 ± 0,23

0,77 ± 0,09

0,60 ± 0,12

0,35 ± 0,23

media of arteries

0,51 ± 0,07

2,41 ± 0,15

0,14 ± 0,01

0,32 ± 0,02

0,81 ± 0,19

4,41 ± 0,41