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Table 1 Mass of whole body, gastrocnemius, and soleus in bGH and WT mice

From: Mice overexpressing growth hormone exhibit increased skeletal muscle myostatin and MuRF1 with attenuation of muscle mass

 

WT mice

bGH mice

Whole body mass (g)

30.44 ± 1.78

45.22 ± 2.91 *

Gastrocnemius mass (g)

0.310 ± 0.019

0.332 ± 0.027 †

Gastrocnemius/body mass (g)

0.0102 ± 0.0007

0.0073 ± 0.0004 *

Soleus mass (g)

0.017 ± 0.002

0.024 ± 0.003 *

Soleus/body mass (g)

0.0006 ± 0.00006

0.0005 ± 0.00004

  1. Mass of both gastrocnemius and soleus. Data are presented mean ± SD
  2. WT wild type control mice (n = 9), bGH bovine growth hormone mice (n = 9)
  3. *P < 0.0001 vs. WT mice, † P = 0.06 vs. WT mice
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Skeletal Muscle

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