Table 1.

Blood biochemistry results of mice 24h after sham (saline) or collagen I antibody conjugated AuNP injection.

	Sham	AuNPs
Red blood cells (1012/l)	9.9±0.2	10.1±0.2
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	13.9±0.2	14.4±0.0
Hematocrit (%)	41.9±0.3	43.3±1.0
White blood cells (109/l)	10.1±0.8	9.6±0.4
Platelets (109/l)	656.0±34.0	687±15.0
Na+ (mmol/l)	143.0±1.0	132.5±8.5
K+ (mmol/l)	6.5±1.6	4.75±0.2
TCO2 (mmol/l)	21.5±1.5	22±1.0
Cl− (mmol/l)	106.0±0.0	99.5±6.5
Ca++ (mg/dl)	9.2±0.1	8.8±0.7
BUN (mg/dl)	39.5±11.5	24±3.0
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.4±0.2	0.2±0.0
ALP (U/L)	49.0±3.0	26±4.0*
ALT (U/L)	33.5±3.5	24.5±3.5
AST (U/L)	37.0±1.0	41±1.0
Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.3±0.0	0.3±0.0
Albumin (g/dl)	2.0±0.1	1.6±0.1
Total protein (g/dl)	5.0±0.2	4.6±0.4

^*p<0.05 vs Sham, BUN blood urea nitrogen, ALT alanine transaminase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALP alkaline phosphatase,