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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertens Res. 2020 May 14;43(11):1175–1181. doi: 10.1038/s41440-020-0467-4

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Ex vivo tensile testing. The stress–strain relationship of the aortas from the three mouse strains showed significant differences in ex vivo tensile properties. a The highest passive vascular stiffness was observed in 129S mice, with aortas from B6/129S and C57Bl/6J mice being significantly less stiff (n = 10, p < 0.0001 for 129S vs. B6/129S and 129S vs. C57Bl/6J). This was true for male mice (ai) and female mice (aii); bi–iii Passive stiffness was lower in female mice vs. male mice in all three strains (n = 5, male vs. female p <0.0001 for all strains)