Table 4. Peyer's patch B cell subpopulations for mice fed FOS(−) or FOS(+) diets1.
| FOS(−) | FOS(+) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | s.d. | n | Mean | s.d. | n | |
| B220+ (%) | 77·1 | 2·4 | 5 | 77·4 | 2·9 | 6 |
| B220+IgM+ (%) | 72·1 | 2·0 | 5 | 71·3 | 3·4 | 6 |
| B220+IgA+ (%) | 4·0 | 1·1 | 5 | 6·5* | 0·8 | 6 |
FOS: fructooligosaccharides; s.d.: standard deviation.
1
The FOS(+) diet includes 5% fructooligosaccharides (Meiji Seika Kaisya, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) + 95% FOS(−) diet (for details of the FOS(−) diet, see Table 1.
*
Significant difference from the FOS(−) diet group (P < 0·05) by the Student's t-test.