. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 Mar 17;36(5):919–927. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.307436

Table 1.

Group composition, age, body mass, and occurrence of aortic dissections in Tgfbr2^f/f mice that were untreated (Ctrl), treated with tamoxifen to disrupt TGF-β type II receptor signaling (Tmx), and additionally treated with rapamycin (Tmx + Rapa).

	Ctrl	Tmx	Tmx + Rapa

n	17	19	16
Age (weeks)	8.2 ± 0.1	8.5 ± 0.2	8.4 ± 0.1
Body Mass (grams)	22.8 ± 0.5	22.0 ± 0.5	16.4 ± 0.4^*
% Dissected	0%	42%^*	0%

p<0.05 versus Ctrl.