Characterization and profiling of immunomodulatory genes of equine mesenchymal stromal cells from non-invasive sources

Table 4 Linear regression model describing the effect of the source of equine MSC and the passage on the reciprocal transformed PDT

Independent variable	n^a	Estimate^b	SE^c	LSM^d	P value
Mare	6	…	…	…	<0.001
Source					0.12
Umbilical cord blood	6	ref.	…	1.49	…
Peripheral blood	6	0.02	0.05	1.47	0.75
Umbilical cord matrix	2	0.16	0.08	1.21	0.04
Passage					0.03
2	14	ref.	…	1.18	…
3	12	−0.18	0.07	1.51	0.01
4	11	−0.15	0.07	1.42	0.03
5	10	−0.14	0.07	1.42	0.04
Source x passage^e	…	…	…	…	<0.001

^aNumber of observations. ^bReciprocal transformation of population doubling time. ^cStandard error of the mean. ^dBack-transformed least square means. ^eEstimates are not shown. See Figure 2 for least square mean values for different comparisons.

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