Fig. 6.

Liver telomere length measured using a real-time PCR based assay. The relative telomere length was expressed as the ratio of telomere repeat:single copy gene (T:S ratio). A standard curve prepared from mouse genomic DNA (Promega, WI) was present in every plate and was used to quantitate the telomere or single copy gene in the samples (n = 9–10). Data were expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). P values between each groups were confirmed by Dunn’s multiple comparisons test