Epo Is Relevant Neither for Microvascular Formation Nor for the New Formation and Maintenance of Mice Skeletal Muscle Fibres in Both Normoxia and Hypoxia

Table 3

Plasma and muscle Epo concentration in wild-type (WT) and Epo-TAg^h mice in normoxia (Nx), after acute hypoxia for 24 hours (AHx) and chronic hypoxia for 14 days (CHx) (𝑛 = 4 or 5 in each group).

	Plasma [Epo] pg/mL		Muscle [Epo] pg/mg of total protein
	Nx	AHx	Nx	AHx	CHx
WT	122 ± 16	460 ± 39*	0.121 ± 0.03	0.097 ± 0.02	0.128 ± 0.06
Epo-TAg^h	53 ± 18$	162 ± 25*$	0.060 ± 0.04$	0.082 ± 0.02	0.101 ± 0.07

Values are means ± SD.
^∗significantly different from corresponding Nx group, 𝑃<.05; $, significantly different from corresponding WT group, 𝑃<.05.