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Table 1 Liver parameters and serum activities of male and female SAC-WT and SAC-KO mice

From: Hepatic Hedgehog signaling contributes to the regulation of IGF1 and IGFBP1 serum levels

Male mice

SAC-WT

n

SAC-KO

n

p value (MWU-test)

Liver weight (g)

1.65 ± 0.09

6

0.95 ± 0.03

14

0.001**

Liver-body-weight ratio (%)

5.58 ± 0.16

6

4.38 ± 0.14

14

0.001**

ALAT (μkat/l)

1.64 ± 0.48

3

2.47 ± 0.37

4

0.228

ASAT (μkat/l)

8.07 ± 3.97

3

6.82 ± 1.83

4

1.000

GLDH (μkat/l)

0.35 ± 0.08

3

1.93 ± 0.58

4

0.057

Insulin (pmol/l)

160.53 ± 43.84

7

44.86 ± 11.97

5

0.0101*

Glucose (mMol/dl)

8.12 ± 0.48

5

7.22 ± 0.40

7

0.34

Female mice

     

Liver weight (g)

1.29 ± 0.06

17

1.10 ± 0.06

8

0.724

Liver-body-weight ratio (%)

5.82 ± 0.18

17

4.91 ± 0.16

8

0.001**

ALAT (μkat/l)

1.48 ± 0.50

6

2.47 ± 0.37

6

0.228

ASAT (μkat/l)

4.80 ± 0.44

6

7.07 ± 1.10

6

1.000

GLDH (μkat/l)

0.54 ± 0.10

6

1.04 ± 0.28

6

0.057

Insulin (pmol/l)

98.24 ± 10.68

10

56.73 ± 5.89

8

0.0021**

Glucose (mMol/dl)

7.19 ± 0.24

9

6.22 ± 0.40

10

0.079

  1. Determination of body weight and liver parameters at the age of 12 weeks. Values represent means ± SEM; *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01.