Table 7.

Densitometric analysis of Northern blot

	Controls	Omega-6-fed
TGF-β	0·353 ± 0·124	0·828 ± 0·178*

Spleen cell TGF-β mRNA expression in omega-6- and saline-fed myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) peptide-induced (residues 92–106) acute EAE in SJL mice at day 21. The autoradiographic bands in Fig. 1 are semiquantified by laser densitometer (Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, CA). Values are mean ±s.d. from n = 4 animals per group and are represented as ratio of TGF-β expression to that of 18s. Significance of difference

^*P < 0·02 compared with control EAE.