Table 1 Effect of thymosin beta 4 treatment on body and heart weight after myocardial infarction
Day 2 | Day 5 | Day 7 | Day 28 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control (n = 3) | TB4i.p. (n = 5) | Control (n = 3) | TB4 i.p. (n = 5) | Control (n = 3) | TB4 i.p. (n = 5) | Control (n = 9) | TB4 i.p. (n = 10) | TB4 i.mc. (n = 10) | |
Body weight at day 0 (g) | 25.8 ± 0.2 | 25.4 ± 1.9 | 24.2 ± 0.9 | 24.6 ± 2.3 | 25.5 ± 1.3 | 25.5 ± 0.9 | 26.6 ± 1.5 | 27.9 ± 2.3 | 27.0 ± 1.3 |
∆ body weight day 0 vs day 28 (g) | −1.9 ± 2.3 | −1.9 ± 1.1 | −0.5 ± 0.9 | −0.8 ± 0.7 | 0.4 ± 1.3 | −2.5 ± 2.4 | 3.2 ± 1.0 | 1.5 ± 1.6* | 2.1 ± 1.6 |
Heart weight (mg) | 114 ± 2 | 117 ± 3 | 118 ± 13 | 118 ± 7 | 134 ± 16 | 120 ± 11 | 152 ± 16 | 151 ± 26 | 148 ± 20 |
Heart to body weight ratio (mg/g) | 4.8 ± 0.4 | 5.0 ± 0.2 | 5.1 ± 0.5 | 5.0 ± 0.4 | 5.2 ± 0.8 | 5.2 ± 0.3 | 5.1 ± 0.4 | 4.9 ± 0.5 | 5.1 ± 0.6 |