Fig. 1
Phenotypic characterization of LysMCre-C/EBPβfl/fl mice. a Body weight curves of female C/EBPβfl/fl (n = 10) and LysMCre-C/EBPβfl/fl (n = 6) mice shown as mean ± SEM. No significant differences in body weight are observed between both genotypes. b Representative microscopic images of haematoxylin and eosin staining of the mammary gland and spleen from 10-week-old C/EBPβfl/fl and LysMCre-C/EBPβfl/fl mice. Normal ductal development and branching as well as unaltered adipose tissue in mammary gland from both genotypes are noted. Normal morphology of red and white pulps and megakaryocytes (insets) are also seen in both genotypes. No histological differences are observed also in the brain, lung, heart, liver, lung, kidney, femur bone and lumbar vertebrae (not shown). Scale bars 100 μm (large images) and 50 μm (insets)