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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2021 Jun 11;125:110543. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110543

Table 1.

Mouse age at sacrifice, body weight, and unloaded outer radii of ascending aortas (ATA) taken from Tgfb1+/−, Tgfb2+/−, Tgfb3+/−, wild-type (WT), and elastase infused (Elastase) wild-type mice.

Tgfb1 +/− Tgfb2 +/− Tgfb3 +/− WT Elastase
Age (months) 4.25 ± 0.5§ 5.71 ± 0.76^ 4.0 ± 0.0§ 5.25 ± 1.0 4.92 ± 0.37
Body Weight (grams) 31.2 ± 5.20 30.1 ± 1.80 27.1 ± 3.15 29.0 ± 3.82 -
Unloaded Outer Radius (μm) 518.2 ± 18.2§^ 591.3 ± 33.62^ 566.4 ± 29.6^ 524.2 ± 22.2^ 869.9 ± 51.9*

§, *, and ^ indicate statistical significance of groups with Tgfb2+/− wild-type, or elastase mice, respectively.