Curcumin and Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Ankle, Testis, and Ovary Deleterious Histological Changes in Arthritic Rats via Suppression of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation

Table 4

Effect of MSCs and curcumin on serum TNF-α (pg/mL) level in arthritic rats.

Parameter; Group	TNF-α (pg/mL serum)
Group	Male rats	Female rats
Normal	^a	^a
CMC/PBS	^a	^a
MSCs	^a
Curcumin	^a	^a
Arthritic group (CFA)	^b	^c
Arthritic group treated with curcumin	^d	^a
Arthritic group treated with MSCs	^d-	^d
Arthritic group treated with MSCs and curcumin	^a	^a

Data are expressed as . The number of animals in each group is six. Values with the same superscript letter are similar (nonsignificant, ), whereas others are significant (significant, ).