Fig. 3: Effect of PDE on postnatal long bone mass in F1-F3 female rats. | Experimental & Molecular Medicine

Fig. 3: Effect of PDE on postnatal long bone mass in F1-F3 female rats.

From: The miR-98-3p/JAG1/Notch1 axis mediates the multigenerational inheritance of osteopenia caused by maternal dexamethasone exposure in female rat offspring

Fig. 3

a Representative micro-CT images of the femur in 8-week-old rats of the F1-F3 generations, scale bar = 1000 μm. b Quantitative micro-CT analysis of trabecular bone microarchitecture. PDE Prenatal dexamethasone exposure; BV/TV Bone volume/trabecular volume; Tb.N Trabecular number; Tb.Th Trabecular thickness; Tb.Sp Trabecular separation. Mean ± S.E.M., n = 8. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. the control.

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