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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Jul 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005 Apr 20;16(6):1645–1653. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2004121060

Figure 2.

Figure 2

BMD and dry ash weight of femurs in WT and mutant mice. (A) BMD of the femur was assessed with the PIXImus mouse densitometer in 13-wk-old male and female WT, Hyp, Mepe−/−, and Mepe−/−/Hyp mice. (B) Dry ash weight was assessed in 13-wk-old male and female WT, Hyp, Mepe−/−, and Mepe−/−/Hyp mice. The decrease in mineralization of the skeleton in the Hyp compared with WT was confirmed by significantly reduced bone ash weight and BMD; however, Mepe−/−/Hyp exhibited no significant increment in bone ash weight and BMD compared with Hyp mice. Values sharing the same superscript are not significantly statistic different at P < 0.05.