TABLE 2.
Biochemistry of thoracic fluida
| Mouse | Triglycerides |
Cholesterol |
Albumin |
Fibrinogen |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amt (mg/dl) |
Ratio | Amt (mmol/liter) |
Ratio | Amt (g/liter) |
Ratio | Amt (mg/liter) |
Ratio | |||||
| Thoracic fluid | Blood | Thoracic fluid | Blood | Thoracic fluid | Blood | Thoracic fluid | Blood | |||||
| 1 | 149.2 | 66.6 | 2.2 | 64.0 | 100.8 | 0.6 | 26.3 | 33.6 | 0.8 | 867.4 | 1,115.1 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 230.6 | 162.7 | 1.4 | 54.5 | 103.2 | 0.5 | 26.4 | 34.8 | 0.8 | 858.4 | 939.6 | 0.9 |
| 3 | 276.8 | 98.0 | 2.8 | 56.2 | 101.1 | 0.6 | 25.5 | 35.6 | 0.7 | 875.7 | 1,096.4 | 0.8 |
| 4 | 566.6 | 133.3 | 4.3 | 124.5 | 203.1 | 0.6 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 1.0 | 816.7 | 949.6 | 0.9 |
| 5 | 1,354.5 | 100.7 | 13.4 | 95.6 | 105.8 | 0.9 | 26.7 | 23.4 | 1.1 | 884.6 | 1,036.9 | 0.9 |
| 6 | 537.6 | 239.7 | 2.2 | 122.8 | 219.6 | 0.6 | 25.9 | 25.2 | 1.0 | 862.4 | 1,199.1 | 0.7 |
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Peripheral blood and fluid from the thoracic cavity were collected from Map4k4 Cdh5 Cre pups prior to death. The ratios of the amounts of analytes in the thoracic fluid to those in the blood are shown.