Figure 3.

Prenatal dexamethasone treatment induces, in the adult progeny, alterations in splenic CD8⁺ and CD4⁺ regulatory T and on B cells but not in the proportion of the four main thymic cell populations. (A) Thymocytes from Sal and Dexa groups were stained with specific antibodies and analyzed by flow cytometry. Data are represented as the mean + SEM, from eight rats per group from one of four independent experiments. (B) Splenocytes from Sal and Dexa groups were stained with specific antibodies and analyzed by flow cytometry. Each bar represents the mean + SEM from 9 to 12 animals per group from one of three independent experiments.