. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2011 May 3;11(1-2):279–289. doi: 10.1007/s10237-011-0309-z

Table 3.

Elastic moduli derived from stress-strain curves

Mouse Strain		E_low (Ee) (kPa)	E_high (kPa)	Ec (kPa)
Col1a1^+/+	Normoxia	27±14	335±183	305±169
	Hypoxia	37±16	190±71*	153±70*
	Hypoxia+BAPN	27±3	281±44	254±43
Col1a1^R/R	Normoxia	28±13	258±121	230±109
	Hypoxia	16±2	138±42	123±43
	Hypoxia+BAPN	17±4	185±117	169±114

(N = 5–7 per group, *p<0.05 for hypoxia vs. normoxia).