Research Article
Increased Mitochondrial Protein Levels and Bioenergetics in the Musculus Rectus Femoris of Wfs1-Deficient Mice
Table 2
Anatomical characteristics of Wfs1-deficient and wild-type mice.
| Characteristic | WT () | Wfs1KO () |
| Body weight (g) | 30.9 ± 1.1 | 19.9 ± 1.2 | Heart weight (mg) | 161.5 ± 8.3 | 113.4 ± 7.6 | Heart/body weight ratio (mg/g) | 5.59 ± 0.34 | 6.05 ± 0.06 | Soleus muscle weight (mg) | 5.47 ± 0.28 | 4.50 ± 0.41 | Soleus muscle/body weight ratio (mg/g) | 0.189 ± 0.006 | 0.235 ± 0.020 | Quadriceps femoris muscle weight (mg) | 196.7 ± 5.93 | 100.3 ± 3.62 | Quadriceps femoris muscle/body weight ratio (mg/g) | 6.05 ± 0.09 | 4.82 ± 0.27 |
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Means ± SEM are shown. Compared to wild type: , , and . |