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. 2011 Nov;25(11):3838–3848. doi: 10.1096/fj.11-183350

Table 3.

Characteristics of bone marrow chimeras

Characteristic	Cav1^+/+→+/+	Cav1^{−/−→+/+}	Cav1^{+/+→−/−}	Cav1^{−/−→−/−}
Plasma cholesterol (mM)	27.7 ± 11.3	22.5 ± 9.2	34.7 ± 12.3^*	35.7 ± 13.5^*^,#
Plaque size (μm²×10⁵)	5.3 ± 1	4.7 ± 0.8	1.0 ± 0.4^**	1.0 ± 0.3^**^,##
Initial plaque size (μm²×10⁵)	0.2 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.02	0.1 ± 0.02^*^,#
Advanced plaque size (μm²×10⁵)	1.5 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.2	0.5 ± 0.1^**	0.8 ± 0.3
Plaque number/aortic arch	4.3 ± 1.7	4.1 ± 1.7	2.7 ± 0.9^*	2.1 ± 0.8^*^,#
Lipid core area (% of total)	25.8 ± 4.6	33 ± 3.7	20.3 ± 3.1	18.2 ± 6.6^*^,#
CD45+ cells (% of total)	19.3 ± 4	6.4 ± 1.3	7 ± 1.5	25.2 ± 6.1^**^,##
CD3+ cells(% of total)	11.6 ± 2.2	7 ± 1.4	9 ± 1.9	20.6 ± 5.3^**^,##
Hemorrhage	Yes	No	No	No
Chondrocytes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

All values are means ± se.

^{^*}

P < 0.05,

^{^**}

P < 0.01 vs. Cav1^+/+→+/+;

^{^#}

P < 0.05;

^{^##}

P < 0.01 vs. Cav1^{−/−→+/+}.