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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2015 Mar 25;36(7):2241–2247. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.03.011

Table 1.

Human and murine Aβ levels in various APP transgenic lines

Genotype Age [mo] Human Aβ 42 [fmol/g] Human Aβ 40 [fmol/g] Human 42:40 Ratio Murine Aβ 42 [fmol/g] Murine Aβ 40 [fmol/g] Murine 42:40 Ratio % murine Aβ of total Aβ
wt 1.5 70 ± 17 482 ± 49 0.14 ± 0.03

ko
APP23
1.5 272 ± 82 1,265 ± 295 0.21 ± 0.03
APP23 1.5 176 ± 27 1,090 ± 171 0.16 ± 0.01 65 ± 8 413 ± 48 0.17 ± 0.03 28.40
± 3.46
ko
APP23
14.5 4,524,981
± 342,125
20,640,263
± 2,976,319
0.24 ± 0.02
APP23 14.5 5,548,173
± 595,479
25,765,046
± 4,007,354
0.23 ± 0.02 217,098
± 8,667
302,720
± 24,780
0.76 ± 0.08 1.82
± 0.23

ko
APPPS1
1.5 4,317
± 181
2,955 ± 123 1.48 ± 0.11
APPPS1 1.5 4,549
± 264
2,934 ± 150 1.55 ± 0.05 1,369
± 61
357 ± 28 3.98 ± 0.34 18.88
± 0.73
ko
APPPS1
3 2,010,752
± 190,640
871,106
± 64,927
2.31 ± 0.15
APPPS1 3 2,088,929
± 128,362
710,791
± 42,286
2.96 ± 0.11 289,347
± 15,161
25,181
± 2060
11.80
± 0.63
10.14
± 0.34

Human and murine Aβ42 and Aβ40 levels were assessed by ELISA. Non-tg wildtype (wt) mice were included for baseline levels of murine Aβ. 6-8 animals were used per group (n=5 for wt mice).