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).