Effects of recombinant human growth hormone on growth of human gastric carcinoma xenograft model in nude mice

Table 1 Volume and inhibitory rate of xenograft tumor growth (n = 6, mean ± SD)

Group	Volume (cm3)	Inhibitory rate (%)
Control	0.406 ± 0.138	0
rhGH	0.383 ± 0.136	5
L-OHP	0.215 ± 0.087a	46.6
rhGH+L-OHP	0.208 ± 0.102a	49.3

^aP < 0.05 vs control or rhGH.

Table 2 Percentages of positive cells of PCNA, Bax and Bcl-2 expression

Group	PCNA	Bax	Bcl-2
Control	77.8 ± 6.3	23.5 ± 4.3	80.3 ± 8.9
rhGH	82.7 ± 9.4	23.2 ± 5.7	82.2 ± 7.4
L-OHP	62.5 ± 7.2a	59.7 ± 12.8a	64.7 ± 6.2a
rhGH+L-OHP	58.2 ± 5.2a	65.2 ± 11.9a	59.2 ± 9.2a

^aP < 0.05 vs control or rhGH.