Table 1.
Electrophoretic reference values for BALB/c mice
| 7 d (n = 6) | 14 d (n = 11) | 21 d (n = 6) | 28 d (n = 6) | 42 d (n = 15) | 56 d (n = 8) | |
| Total protein (g/dL)* | 2.5 ± 0.20a,b | 4.0 ± 0.10b | 3.8 ± 0.07c | 4.0 ± 0.10 | 4.7 ± 0.10a,c | 4.0 ± 0.10 |
| Albumin (g/dL)* | 1.2 ± 0.08a,b | 2.0 ± 0.1 | 2.1 ± 0.08 | 2.3 ± 0.05b | 2.7 ± 0.10a,c | 2.0 ± 0.10c |
| Albumin (%)* | 46.1 ± 0.5a,b | 49.8 ± 0.6c,d | 52.7 ± 2.4 | 57.8 ± 0.5a,c | 57.0 ± 1.4b,d | 50.7 ± 2.5 |
| α1 Globulin (g/dL)* | 0.22 ± 0.03a,b | 0.28 ± 0.02c | 0.30 ± 0.02 | 0.23 ± 0.03d,e | 0.45 ± 0.03a,c,d | 0.41 + 0.03b,e |
| α1 Globulin (%)* | 8.4 ± 0.4 | 6.8 ± 0.5a,b | 7.8 ± 0.5 | 5.7 ± 0.6c,d | 9.5 ± 0.6a,c | 10.3 ± 0.3b,d |
| α2 Globulin (g/dL)* | 0.35 ± 0.03a,c,d | 0.50 ± 0.02b | 0.63 ± 0.05c | 0.57 ± 0.02 | 0.71 ± 0.03a,b | 0.62 + 0.03d |
| α2 Globulin (%)* | 14.0 ± 0.4a | 11.9 ± 0.3ab,c,d,e | 16.7 ± 1.2a,b | 14.2 ± 0.4c | 15.1 ± 0.5d | 15.7 ± 0.5e |
| β Globulin (g/dL)* | 0.67 ± 0.09a | 1.21 ± 0.07a,b,c | 0.81 ± 0.02 | 0.80 ± 0.03 | 0.75 ± 0.04b | 0.84 + 0.13c |
| β Globulin (%)* | 25.9 ± 1.7a | 28.8 ± 0.8b | 21.4 ± 0.6 | 19.8 ± 1.0 | 16.1 ± 1.0a,b | 20.6 ± 2.3 |
| γ Globulin (g/dL)* | 0.08 ± 0.01 | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.08 ± 0.01a | 0.10 ± 0.02 | 0.12 ± 0.01a | 0.11 + 0.01 |
| γ Globulin (%) | 3.1 ± 0.4 | 2.7 ± 0.1 | 2.0 ± 0.2 | 2.6 ± 0.4 | 2.5 ± 0.2 | 2.9 ± 0.3 |
| Albumin:globulin ratio* | 0.90 ± 0.05a,b | 1.0 ± 0.02c,d | 1.1 ± 0.09 | 1.4 ± 0.03a,c | 1.4 ± 0.08b,d | 1.1 ± 0.10 |
Data are presented as mean ± 1 SE. Asterisks indicate significant (Kruskal–Wallis 1-way ANOVA, P < 0.05) differences with age. For each parameter, values indicated with the same superscript letters are significantly different (Dunn pairwise multiple comparisons, P < 0.05).