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Table 3
Relative gene expression in the muscle tissue of chickens treated with different levels of AgNano
Gene symbol	Treatment					ANOVA
	Control	10 ppm AgNano	20 ppm AgNano	10 ppm AgNano^c	20 ppm AgNano^c	SEM	P value
FGF2^a	0.67^†	1.28^‡	1.44^‡	1.05^‡	1.23^‡	0.070	0.0003
FGF2^b	0.60^†	0.98	1.38^‡	0.95	0.93	0.068	0.0024
VEGFA^a	1.39	1.08^†	1.03^†	1.13	1.60^‡	0.064	0.0057
VEGFA^b	1.28	1.02^†	0.95^†	1.01	1.28^‡	0.055	0.0072

^aNormalised to ACTB; ^bnormalised to EEF1A2; ^ceggs were in ovo injected; ^†,‡different symbols indicate statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). AgNano, nanoparticles of colloidal silver; ANOVA, analysis of variance; SEM, standard error of the mean.

Hotowy et al. Nanoscale Research Letters 2012 7:418 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-418

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