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. 2012 Jan;180(1):32–40. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.10.001

Table 1.

Responses of 65 Mice that Underwent TLR4 Transplantation and Were Given LPS or Saline Vehicle Control at 18 Hours after Injection

TLR4+/+ mice
Marrow TLR4−/− mice
Parenchymal TLR4−/− mice
TLR4−/− mice
Variable LPS Saline LPS Saline LPS Saline LPS Saline
Total 8 7 11 5 12 6 10 6
LPS-induced systemic inflammation 7 0 9 0 1 0 0 0
<32°C (no./total assessed) 3/4 0/4 7/9 0/3 1/5 0/5 0/2 0/2
Weight loss (g) 2.0 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.3 1.7 ± 0.2 0.0 ± 0.3 2.0 ± 0.2 0.0 ± 0.2 0.8 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.3

Assessed by blinded animal technician based on published description of murine LPS-induced systemic inflammation.4

Rectal temperature assessed before anesthesia administration and completed for the last subsets of mice in this experiment.

Expressed as mean ± SE.