Figure 5. Analysis of body weight fluctuation and survival rate.

(a) Measurement of body weight every 0.5 days after transplantation in normal mice (grey dots, n=6), salivary gland defect mice (black dots, n=11), salivary gland-engrafted mice (red dots, n=5) and salivary gland defect mice were given high-viscosity water (green dots, n=5). All salivary gland defect mice died at 4 days (†) after the removal of the salivary glands, including the parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands. (b) Survival rates of salivary gland defect mice (n=11) and bioengineered submandibular gland-engrafted mice (n=5).