Microsoft office excel 2011

Data were tabulated and analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel 2011 and Prism software (version 5.0c, GraphPad). The results are presented as the means and standard deviations for each experimental group. The results using recombinant proteins as stimuli were evaluated by multimetric tests using a one-way ANOVA followed by comparison of each experimental group with the negative control group (medium) using Dunn’s test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. All experiments were repeated three times.

Findings were reported as the mean or median ± SD. For the statistical analysis, we used Fisher’s exact test. Each group was tested for a Gaussian distribution if one-way ANOVA was passed, followed by Bonferroni’s test. If this failed, the Kruskal–Wallis test followed by Dunn’s correction was conducted to test for significance among multiple groups. Pearson’s correlation with nonlinear regression analysis was performed to compute Pearson’s r coefficient and p-values. Statistical analyses were performed using Microsoft Office Excel 2011 or Graph Pad Prism 8.4.2 for macOS, GraphPad Software, La Jolla, CA, USA. A value of p < 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant.