Figure 3.
Cancellous bone microarchitecture assessed by μCT of vertebral body of Lumbar 3 (L3) from 1 (upper panels) and 4 (lower panels) month old BGLAP-Cre;Nfatc1Δ/Δ;Nfatc2Δ/Δ female mice (black bars) and sex-matched littermate Nfatc1loxP/loxP;Nfatc2loxP/loxP controls (white bars). Parameters shown are: bone volume/tissue volume (BV/TV); connectivity density (Conn.D); structure model index (SMI); trabecular number (Tb.N) and trabecular thickness (Tb.Th). Values are means ± SD; n = 5 for control and n = 8 for Nfatc1Δ/Δ;Nfatc2Δ/Δ mice. A representative image shows cancellous bone osteopenia in 4 month old BGLAP-Cre;Nfatc1Δ/Δ;Nfatc2Δ/Δ female mice.