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. 2013 Sep 4;8(9):e73635. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073635

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
+/+ +/- -/- +/+ +/- -/-
(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