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. 2008 Jun 13;14:1129–1137.

Table 3. Mean organ weight of transgenic and wild-type mice.

Organ
Mean weight (grams)
Transgenic (SEM)
Control (SEM)
Body weight
46.65 (14.84)
38.85 (10.82)
Brain
1.21 (0.46)
1.245 (0.40)
Spleen
0.39 (0.22)
0.26 (0.07)
Liver
5.405 (1.62)
4.07 (0.30)
Left Kidney
0.94* (0.13)
0.675 (0.02)
Right Kidney
0.935* (0.10)
0.675 (0.06)
Heart
0.505 (0.12)
0.39 (0.03)
Thymus 0.06 (0.04) 0.08 (0.04)

Four transgenic and two wild-type mice were sacrificed and weighed. SEM indicates the standard deviation observed for each organs, and asterisk indicate significant differences between transgenic and wild-type organ (the asterisk denotes a p<0.05).