Table 2 Body and organ weights of mice exposed to CNTs
|  | C57BL/6 CTL | ApoE−/− | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CTL | SWCNTs | DWCNTs | ||||
| Â | Low | High | Low | High | ||
Body weight (g) | 26.3 ± 2.5 | 29.2 ± 2.3 | 28.3 ± 1.4 | 30.4 ± 1.5 | 29.6 ± 2.5 | 27.9 ± 2.6 |
Lung weight (g) | 0.16 ± 0.04 | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.19 ± 0.02 | 0.20 ± 0.02 | 0.22 ± 0.01* |
Liver weight (g) | 1.26 ± 0.12 | 1.40 ± 0.22 | 1.35 ± 0.10 | 1.43 ± 0.10 | 1.37 ± 0.20 | 1.35 ± 0.20 |
Kidney weight (g) | 0.16 ± 0.02 | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 0.16 ± 0.01 | 0.18 ± 0.02 | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 0.17 ± 0.02 |
Spleen weight (g) | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.08 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.08 ± 0.02 | 0.09 ± 0.03 |
Brain weight (g) | 4.78 ± 0.10 | 4.74 ± 0.11 | 4.61 ± 0.07 | 4.67 ± 0.15 | 4.73 ± 0.10 | 4.72 ± 0.12 |