Table 2

 Elongation values (e values) of human normal hepatic cell lines measured by the telomeric repeat elongation assay

Cell linese value (RU)
Oestradiol (−)Oestradiol (+)†
Values are means (SD) of five independent assays.
†Final concentration of oestradiol in the supernatant was 10 nM.
*p<0.05 by analysis of variance.
Hc-cells9.5 (4.3)47.0 (8.2)*
WRL-6831.3 (6.0)35.2 (5.5)
h-Nheps8.1 (3.5)88.2 (7.1)*