Table 2.
Relative organ weights of rats at 1 week and 4 weeks after bone implantation
Group | Body weight (g) | Relative organ weight (g) (Organ weight/body weight × 100)
|
Spleen | Thymus | Lymph node |
CD | 1 week | 255.6 ± 10.83 | 0.3561 ± 0.0404 | 0.2047 ± 0.0388 | 0.5608 ± 0.0630 |
4 weeks | 381.20 ± 25.47 | 0.2393 ± 0.0258 | 0.1508 ± 0.0181 | 0.3901 ± 0.0357 |
Fresh G | 1 week | 253.4 ± 7.99 | 0.3148 ± 0.0533 | 0.2165 ± 0.0609 | 0.4924 ± 0.0505 |
4 weeks | 348.78 ± 24.23 | 0.2342 ± 0.0324 | 0.1349 ± 0.0271 | 0.3690 ± 0.0340 |
Fresh T | 1 week | 255.2 ± 7.04 | 0.3117 ± 0.0454 | 0.1847 ± 0.0318 | 0.4812 ± 0.0817 |
4 weeks | 346.83 ± 15.53 | 0.2191 ± 0.0268 | 0.1328 ± 0.0192 | 0.3519 ± 0.0242 |
Chem T | 1 week | 253.0 ± 10.04 | 0.3898 ± 0.0450 | 0.2373 ± 0.0417 | 0.6271 ± 0.0845 |
4 weeks | 368.25 ± 11.93 | 0.2221 ± 0.0241 | 0.1494 ± 0.0375 | 0.3715 ± 0.0369 |
Values are expressed in mean ± S.D. (n=5).
CD: critical defect, Fresh G: fresh general pig bone, Fresh T: fresh transgenic pig bone, Chem T: chemical treated transgenic pig bone.