Table IV.
Distribution of Early Apoptotic CD4 Cells in LNs
| Percentage of apoptotic CD4 cells
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| perLN | MLN | panLN | ||
| BALB/c | 3 wk | 5.5 (2) | 5.6 (2) | 3.9 ± 0.8 (3) |
| 5–6 wk | 2.1 (2) | 2.0 ± 0.2 (5) | 3.0 ± 0.6 (5) | |
| NOD | 3 wk | 2.5 ± 0.2 (4) | 3.8 ± 0.6 (5) | 6.5 ± 0.7 (7) |
| 5–6 wk | 2.2 ± 0.3 (4) | 3.8 ± 0.3 (7) | 8.1 ± 1.7 (9) | |
| BDC | 3 wk | – | 3.0 ± 0.2 (3) | 7.8 ± 0.3 (6) |
| 5–6 wk | 2.2 ± 0.4 (3) | 4.2 ± 0.5 (5) | 16.0 ± 6.0 (5) | |
The percentage of Annexin V+PI− cells among CD4 cells is shown. The number of animals tested is indicated in parentheses. Two-way analysis of variance showed an effect of strains (P = 0.015) without an effect of age (P > 0.05) on the percentage of apoptotic cells in the panLN.