TABLE 4.
Proliferation of splenocytes from guinea pigs fed (n-3) or (n-6) fatty acid diets for 3 wk1
| Stimulated with ConA
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Stimulated with PPD
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n-3 PUFA | n-6 PUFA | n-3 PUFA | n-6 PUFA | ||||
| SI2 | |||||||
| Whole splenocytes | 223 ± 27* | 374 ± 41 | 91 ± 13* | 157 ± 18 | |||
| Nylon-enriched T-cells | 34 ± 10* | 148 ± 39 | 28 ± 8 | 53 ± 13 | |||
1
Values are means ± SEM, n = 8–10. *Different from corresponding (n-6) PUFA, P < 0.05.
2
SI calculated from the means obtained with stimulated cells divided by those obtained with unstimulated cells.