Table 2 Characteristics of the cell suspensions from 10 male and 10 female mice. Numbers are mean ± SEM. NS, not statistically significant.

From: Respiration of permeabilized cardiomyocytes from mice: no sex differences, but substrate-dependent changes in the apparent ADP-affinity

 

Viability %

Yield ml

Cell yield cells × 1000

Protein mg/ml

Citrate synthase μmol/min/ml

Citrate synthase μmol/min/g protein

Males

75.9 ± 1.7

0.384 ± 0.009

760 ± 53

17.87 ± 1.11

15.28 ± 0.93

864 ± 42

Females

77.9 ± 1.0

0.372 ± 0.009

653 ± 72

13.48 ± 1.17

10.53 ± 0.69

804 ± 41

p

NS

NS

NS

p < 0.05

p < 0.001

NS

  1. p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, significant difference between males and females.
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