Strain- and sex-dependent variability in hepatic microcirculation and liver function in mice

Figure 2 Comparative analysis of hepatic microcirculatory erythrocyte concentration between sexes and across three mouse strains. A: Microcirculatory erythrocyte concentration in BALB/c, C57BL/6J, and KM mice. The distribution pattern of erythrocyte concentration is presented in the rectangular insert; B and C: Two-dimensional and three-dimensional spectral scalograms illustrating the characteristic amplitude of the hepatic microcirculatory erythrocyte concentration; D: Quantitative assessment of the characteristic oscillatory amplitudes from the hepatic microcirculatory erythrocyte concentration profiles. The data are presented as the mean ± SEM. n = 6 each group. ^aP < 0.05. ^cP < 0.001. AU: Amplitude; NO: Nitric oxide; NS: Not significant; PU: Perfusion unit.