Table 1. Absolute and relative weight of major organs of Rag-2−/− mice.
Organ | WT male | Rag-2−/− male | WT female | Rag-2−/− female | |
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(n=8) | (n=7) | (n=7) | (n=8) | ||
Body weight | (g) | 36.2±5.4 | 37.5±3.6 | 25.6±4.7 | 30.0±4.7 |
Liver | (g) | 1.559±0.334 | 1.608±0.118 | 1.242±0.165 | 1.400±0.216 |
(g%) | 4.296±0.559 | 4.313±0.396 | 4.877±0.257 | 4.714±0.646 | |
Spleen | (g) | 0.120±0.019 | 0.041±0.010*** | 0.113±0.010 | 0.052±0.016*** |
(g%) | 0.332±0.030 | 0.108±0.023*** | 0.449±0.065 | 0.177±0.064*** | |
Kidney (right) | (g) | 0.222±0.099 | 0.241±0.033 | 0.153±0.019 | 0.167±0.019 |
(g%) | 0.616±0.251 | 0.647±0.095 | 0.605±0.085 | 0.565±0.087 | |
Kidney (left) | (g) | 0.237±0.036 | 0.223±0.037 | 0.145±0.021 | 0.152±0.016 |
(g%) | 0.656±0.057 | 0.595±0.082 | 0.574±0.094 | 0.591±0.100 | |
Adrenal gland (right) | (g) | 0.001±0.000 | 0.001±0.000 | 0.005±0.000 | 0.006±0.001* |
(g%) | 0.003±0.001 | 0.003±0.001 | 0.020±0.003 | 0.019±0.003 | |
Adrenal gland (left) | (g) | 0.001±0.000 | 0.001±0.000 | 0.006±0.001 | 0.007±0.001 |
(g%) | 0.003±0.001 | 0.003±0.001 | 0.024±0.002 | 0.022±0.003 | |
Testis (right)/ovary (right) | (g) | 0.110±0.029 | 0.100±0.007 | 0.005±0.002 | 0.004±0.001 |
(g%) | 0.307±0.077 | 0.268±0.028 | 0.020±0.007 | 0.016±0.006 | |
Testis (left)/ovary (left) | (g) | 0.100±0.006 | 0.096±0.006 | 0.005±0.001 | 0.004±0.001 |
(g%) | 0.280±0.033 | 0.257±0.023 | 0.019±0.007 | 0.014±0.006 | |
Thymus | (g) | 0.021±0.003 | 0.011±0.002*** | 0.030±0.006 | 0.010±0.001*** |
(g%) | 0.059±0.011 | 0.028±0.005*** | 0.117±0.011 | 0.035±0.002*** | |
Heart | (g) | 0.160±0.018 | 0.172±0.020 | 0.137±0.016 | 0.140±0.026 |
(g%) | 0.444±0.021 | 0.458±0.036 | 0.545±0.100 | 0.477±0.118 | |
Lung | (g) | 0.159±0.020 | 0.165±0.012 | 0.149±0.015 | 0.145±0.007 |
(g%) | 0.443±0.046 | 0.442±0.038 | 0.593±0.080 | 0.495±0.072* | |
Brain | (g) | 0.501±0.031 | 0.526±0.038 | 0.498±0.027 | 0.515±0.032 |
(g%) | 1.404±0.168 | 1.412±0.127 | 1.978±0.234 | 1.746±0.222 |
*P<0.05 and ***P<0.001 in comparison to respective gender-matching WT mice