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Table 1 Organ weights after administration of OTA (0, 70, 210 μg/kg body weight) for 2, 4, 13 and 26 weeks

From: MicroRNA profiling of rats with ochratoxin A nephrotoxicity

Time (weeks)

Dose (μg/kg)

Liver (g)

Kidney (g)

Spleen (g)

Testicle (g)

2

0

5.59 ± 0.44

1.40 ± 0.12

0.46 ± 0.02

2.28 ± 0.09

 

70

6.35 ± 0.43 a

1.56 ± 0.09 a

0.44 ± 0.04

2.37 ± 0.20

 

210

5.83 ± 0.75

1.40 ± 0.11 b

0.43 ± 0.06

2.49 ± 0.35

4

0

6.19 ± 0.80

1.57 ± 0.14

0.45 ± 0.04

2.55 ± 0.12

 

70

6.18 ± 1.33

1.57 ± 0.21

0.46 ± 0.07

2.56 ± 0.28

 

210

5.98 ± 0.79

1.43 ± 0.12

0.43 ± 0.04

2.63 ± 0.07

13

0

8.06 ± 1.43

2.03 ± 0.10

0.56 ± 0.79

2.93 ± 0.06

 

70

6.84 ± 0.68

1.83 ± 0.12 a

0.54 ± 0.05

3.00 ± 0.20

 

210

6.86 ± 0.70

1.51 ± 0.74 ab

0.50 ± 0.46

2.83 ± 0.17

26

0

7.48 ± 0.72

2.02 ± 0.24

0.54 ± 0.06

3.13 ± 0.25

 

70

8.11 ± 0.96

2.04 ± 0.14

0.58 ± 0.06

3.20 ± 0.11

 

210

6.72 ± 0.68 b

1.67 ± 0.19 ab

0.54 ± 0.07

3.10 ± 0.16

  1. a: p < 0.05, compared to 0 μg/kg b.w. group; b: p < 0.05, compared to 70 μg/kg b.w. group.