Energy Balance Regulating Neuropeptides Are Expressed through Pregnancy and Regulated by Interleukin-6 Deficiency in Mouse Placenta

Table 1

Litter size, weights of dams, conceptuses, and placentas in WT and IL-6 KO dams.

Gestational day	Dam weight (g)		Conceptus weight (mg)		Placental weight (mg)		Litter size
	WT	IL-6 KO	WT	IL-6 KO	WT	IL-6 KO	WT	IL-6 KO
13	29.87±0.57	28.15±0.49^∗	410±64	421±41	77±13	72±9	8.8±0.8	8.5±0.8
	(6)	(6)
15	34.61±0.72	31.67±0.68^∗	756±54	696±37	101±12	110±11	9.8±0.4	9.2±0.6
	(5)	(5)
18	38.64±0.69	36.27±0.78^∗	1555±70	1658±74	96±2	85±12	8.5±0.4	7.8±0.3
	(5)	(6)

Number of dams used in each group is shown in parentheses.
^∗𝑃<0.05 versus pregnant WT mice at the same gestational age, two-tailed Student’s 𝑡-test.