Antioxidant components of naturally-occurring oils exhibit marked anti-inflammatory activity in epithelial cells of the human upper respiratory system

Table 3 Nasal Epithelial HO-1 Gene Expression in Healthy Subjects

				Fold Change from Baseline*
Subject#	Age (Yrs)	Gender		Sham Spray	Mixed Oil Spray	Mixed Oil Fold Change From Sham**
1	33	M		0.247	2.732	11.08
2	62	M		0.297	1.283	4.32
3	31	M		0.758	0.620	0.82
4	34	F		2.099	15.348	7.31
5	41	M		0.330	4.532	13.73
6	24	F		1.040	0.285	0.27
7	60	M		0.432	0.914	2.11
8	27	M		0.859	0.245	0.29
9	31	M		1.778	3.387	1.90
10	42	M		0.651	1.079	1.66
11	41	F		1.181	3.249	2.75
12	33	M		0.829	1.580	1.91
			Median	0.793	1.432†	2.01

*Data calculated as fold change after normalization to corresponding β-actin expression.
**Values less than 1.0 indicate a decrease.
†Significantly different from sham treatment (P = 0.027), Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.

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