Table 4. Morphological and histological analysis of surviving infarcted WT mice bred in-house and of commercial source.
WT in-house (n = 8) | WT Harlan (n = 10) | WT Charles River (n = 11) | |
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HW / BW (mg/g) | 5.08 ± 0.30 | 4.88 ± 0.18 | 4.63 ± 0.15 |
LW / BW (mg/g) | 8.92 ± 1.51 | 7.59 ± 0.31 | 8.69 ± 1.08 |
Infarct size (%) | 44.79 ± 4.11 | 41.93 ± 3.13 | 44.72 ± 4.26 |
Infarct thickness (A.U.) | 100 ± 5.18 | 102.39 ± 12.74 | 91.32 ± 7.41 |
HW heart weight; BW body weight; LW lung weight; A.U. arbitrary units.