. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2010 May 13;47(2):341–352. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.05.006

TABLE 4.

Body weights, measured before starting injections and at the end of injections, and serum calcium, measured 3 h after last PTH injection, in 6-month old male COX-2 WT and KO mice injected with PTH (80 μg/kg) or vehicle for 22 days.

Parameter	COX-2 WT		COX-2 KO

	Vehicle	PTH	Vehicle	PTH
Weight at start	47.4±1.8	47.0±1.7	43.4±1.4	41.9±2.0
Weight at end	46.2±1.8	46.4±1.6	42.7±1.4	42.6±2.0
Serum calcium	10.2±0.2	11.3±0.3^a	10.6±0.2	11.4±0.2^a

Data are means ± SEM for n=11-13 mice.

Significant effect of PTH, p<0.05.