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. 2009 Nov 10;4(11):e7775. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007775

Table 2. Organ Weights.

Organ WT (n = 3) HET (n = 3) KO (n = 3) p-value***
Spleen (mg) 39.4* 33.3 9.30 0.0015
0.53(±0.03)% ** 0.46(±0.06)% 0.21(±0.03)%
Liver (g) 0.320 0.279 0.144 0.0367
4.0(±0.15)% 3.9(±0.07)% 3.4(±0.29)%
Kidney (g) 0.120 0.110 0.059 NS
1.5(±0.03)% 1.5(±0.06)% 1.4(±0.06)%
Adrenal (mg) 2.27 1.67 2.97 NS
0.03(0.003)% 0.02(±0.006)% 0.06(±0.029)%
Thymus (mg) 60.0 55.0 25.1 0.0495
0.77(±0.05)% 0.77(±0.03)% 0.58(±0.10)%
Heart 0.063 0.056 0.034 NS
0.79(±0.02)% 0.78(±0.06)% 0.80(±0.03)%
Brain 0.390 0.371 0.356 0.0003
5.0(±0.31)% 5.2(±0.28)% 8.5(±0.65)%

Organ weights are given as average *absolute weight or **absolute weight/organ weight as a % of body weight (±SEM).

***p-value using student's t-test comparing WT+HET vs. KO; NS-p>0.05.