TABLE 1.

Lymphocyte subsets (% total) in different tissues of normal LEW and BN rats

Strain	Tissue	HBSS	W3/25 (CDA)	OX 8 (CD8)	OX 19	B cell (IgG)
LEW (n = 5)	Thymus	0.72±1.07	91.02±4.33	88.06±8.06	96.30±2.23	2.98±0.74
	Spleen	4.15±1.72	35.10±5.61	19.10±2.97	48.26±10.09	42.88±5.54
	Cervical LN	0.70±0.52	49.32±5.54	21.70±3.25	72.50±6.06	28.18±6.49
	Mesenteric LN	0.56±0.32	50.32±4.57	15.88±3.39	69.64±5.93	32.28±1.63
	Blood	0.78±0.31	50.62±1.72	21.78±2.94	66.00±3.86	21.60±5.21
	Peyer’s patches	0.96±0.90	7.65±2.07	3.85±2.33	10.43±2.52	81.45±2.47
BN (n = 5)	Thymus	0.6±0.8	92.90±0.47	87.78±2.02	95.70±2.09	3.92±1.28
	Spleen	5.66±3.38	29.38±3.38	11.00±3.84*	30..20±2.36*	64.88±2.29*
	Cervical LN	1.20±0.27	58.80±5.19	10.20±1.86*	63.00±3.92	36.63±3.06
	Mesenteric LN	1.10±0.96	49.00±2.37	6.98±3.64*	53.08±2.90*	46.13±3.03*
	Blood	1.80±1.59	44.98±6.58	6.42±2.89*	47.76±5.98*	44.23±5.75*
	Peyer’s patches	1.30±1.06	13.96±5.35	2.60±0.28	15.93±6.55	77.03±5.52

^*P < 0.01 versus LEW (Student’s t test).