Table 1. Organ weights expressed as % of body weight (standard error of the mean) for 12-week-old, apparently healthy, C57BL/6 mice, with the Lrig2E12 genotype as indicated (+/+, +/- or -/-).
Male |
Female |
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+/+ | +/- | -/- | +/+ | +/- | -/- | |
(n=4) | (n=11) | (n=9) | (n=9) | (n=12) | (n=10) | |
Brain | 1.65 (0.037) | 1.54 (0.044) | 1.65 (0.063) | 1.69 (0.153) | 1.89 (0.073) | 2.07 (0.081) |
Heart | 0.51 (0.024) | 0.53 (0.012) | 0.52 (0.027) | 0.69 (0.190) | 0.54 (0.021) | 0.53 (0.030) |
Lungs | 0.53 (0.029) | 0.59 (0.064) | 0.54 (0.017) | 0.59 (0.032) | 0.58 (0.023) | 0.61 (0.031) |
Liver | 3.01 (0.896) | 3.78 (0.335) | 3.91 (0.310) | 4.53 (0.337) | 4.38 (0.290) | 4.50 (0.290) |
Spleen | 0.30 (0.016) | 0.29 (0.015) | 0.28 (0.015) | 0.34 (0.011) | 0.40 (0.030) | 0.40 (0.045) |
Kidneys | 1.34 (0.050) | 1.53 (0.038) | 1.42 (0.050) | 1.14 (0.064) | 1.23 (0.028) | 1.23 (0.050) |
Ovaries | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 0.32 (0.091) | 0.41 (0.079) | 0.48 (0.046) |
Ventral prostate | 0.03 (0.005) | 0.03 (0.002) | 0.03 (0.002) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Dorsolateral prostate | 0.04 (0.006) | 0.04 (0.003) | 0.04 (0.006) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Seminal vesicles | 1.08 (0.072) | 0.87 (0.096) | 0.99 (0.043) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Testes | 0.96 (0.028) | 0.95 (0.033) | 0.96 (0.036) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
n.a., not applicable