Table 1.
Areaa of TA muscle expressing β-gal following TA injection.
Ad5LlacZ
Ad5SlacZ
Ad5SpKlacZ
Top Middle Bottom Top Middle Bottom Top Middle Bottom
24 h 25.1±6.5 25.5±4.2 35.9±23.5 18.4±10.7 20.4±0.8 14.1±5.1 20.6±1.6 16.7±1.4 21.3±22.6
48 h 27.0±13.4 25.0±14.6 22.1±11.8 42.1±1.2 43.1±3.6 21.9±11.7 31.6±12.5 28.2±15.5 21.7±21.7
72 h 20.0±16.9 17.3±10.6 13.3±9.1 26.1±5.1 21.8±18.2 9.7±8.6 30.9±3.4 26.7±18.1 9.9±7.7
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Images from stained sections were analysed using Image J. A colour intensity threshold was applied to determine the area of the muscle section showing X-gal staining, which is reported as the percentage of the total cross-sectional area of the muscle.