Table 1.

Body Weight, Total Cholesterol, and Aortic Root Lesion Area in Placebo (Pl)- or Estradiol-17ß (E₂₎-Treated Ovariectomized ApoE^−/−/RAG^−/− Female Mice after Bone Marrow Transplantation from ApoE^−/−/RAG^−/− or ApoE^−/−/RAG^+/+ Donors

Donor genotype	Treatment	Body weight (g)	Total cholesterol (g/L)	Lesion area (μm2)
ApoE−/−/RAG+/+	Pl	25.3 ± 0.7	5.9 ± 0.4	66662 ± 5838
	E2	23.5 ± 0.6	4.8 ± 0.4	34919 ± 6532*
ApoE−/−/RAG−/−	Pl	26.8 ± 1.7	5.4 ± 0.4	33451 ± 5816†
	E2	24.3 ± 0.3	4.4 ± 0.7	41844 ± 5294

Results are means ± SEM (n = 7). 

^*P < 0.05 versus the corresponding Pl-treated mice. 

^†P < 0.05 versus ApoE^−/−/RAG^+/+-transplanted Pl-treated mice.