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Table 1 Comparison of clinical signs of EAE between Cx43 icKO and Cx43fl/fl mice

From: Brain gray matter astroglia-specific connexin 43 ablation attenuates spinal cord inflammatory demyelination

Genotype

Incidence

Onset (dpi)

Peak clinical scores

AUC*

acute

chronic

Cx43 icKO

88.9% (16/18)

14.6 ± 1.0

1.6 ± 0.2

9.2 ± 2.3

17.1 ± 4.8

Cx43 fl/fl

100% (14/14)

12.4 ± 0.6

2.7 ± 0.2

19.3 ± 2.2

35.9 ± 4.6

P value

NS

NS

0.0008

0.0046

0.0149

  1. *Area under the curve (AUC) was calculated for dpi 7–18 and 23–50 in the acute and chronic phases, respectively
  2. Cx connexin, dpi days post-immunization, fl flox, icKO inducible conditional knock-out, NS not significant