Figure 3. The Lama4 ^−/− mice had reduced fat depots.

The epididymal fat is delineated in an opened 40 week old male wild-type control mice (A) and a male Lama4 ^−/− mice is shown in (B). Normalized fat pad depot mass as a % of total animal mass (C). Epididymal fat pad mass in Lama4^−/− mice was significantly lower than Lama4^+/+ mice (p<0.05). Age matched animal Lama4^−/− and Lama4^+/+, n = 4 for epididymal and subcutaneous. Error bars represent standard error.