Table 1.
Numbers of MHC class II-positive cells in different locations of uterine tissues after exposure to semen or saline.
| Localization | ||||||
| Localisation1 | Exposure | Surface epithelium | Superficial stroma | Deep stroma | Glandular epithelium | Total |
| Uterus (n = 5) | saline | 2 ± 1 | 9 ± 3 | 8 ± 2 | 1 ± 0.4 | 20 ± 6 a |
| Uterus (n = 5) | semen | 3 ± 2 | 11 ± 1 | 9 ± 2 | 1 ± 0.7 x | 24 ± 5 b, x |
| UTJ (n = 4) | saline | 3 ± 1 a | 12 ± 5 | 8 ± 3 | 1 ± 0.2 | 24 ± 7 a |
| UTJ (n = 5) | semen | 4 ± 1 b | 16 ± 1 | 11 ± 3 | 2 ± 0.2 y | 34 ± 4 b, y |
1) UTJ: utero-tubal junction. Data are given as means ± standard deviations (tissue samples from 6 pigs).
a, b: Significance between values with these superscripts in the same location (p= 0.05)
x, y: Significance between values with these superscripts with the same treatment (p= 0.05)