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Table 1 Ex vivo biodistribution of radioactivity in atherosclerotic LDLR-/-ApoB100/100 and C57BL/6N control mice

From: Uptake of 68gallium in atherosclerotic plaques in LDLR-/-ApoB100/100 mice

 

LDLR -/- /ApoB 100/100

(n= 9, urine n= 8)

C57BL/6N

(n= 6, urine n= 5)

p value

Aorta

1.99 ± 0.73

1.52 ± 0.40

NSa

Bladder

2.50 ± 0.62

1.92 ± 0.29

NS

Blood

8.60 ± 1.29

8.07 ± 0.55

NS

Bone

2.25 ± 0.50

4.08 ± 0.49

< 0.05

Fat

0.46 ± 0.21

0.51 ± 0.07

NS

Heart

1.26 ± 0.26

1.29 ± 0.20

NS

Intestine

2.71 ± 0.70

3.16 ± 0.36

NS

Kidney

4.07 ± 0.78

4.25 ± 0.33

NS

Liver

2.69 ± 1.14

8.34 ± 4.33

< 0.05

Lungs

3.28 ± 1.10

3.58 ± 0.33

NS

Lymph nodes

2.03 ± 0.51

2.35 ± 0.34

NS

Muscle

0.71 ± 0.24

0.71 ± 0.08

NS

Pancreas

1.21 ± 0.25

1.48 ± 0.21

NS

Spleen

3.20 ± 1.28

4.51 ± 1.63

NS

Thymus

1.89 ± 0.96

1.18 ± 0.15

NS

  1. At 3 h after intravenous injection of ionic 68Ga. Results are expressed as % IA/g (mean ± SD). NS, not significant. aDifference between atherosclerotic and control mice.