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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Osteopath Med. 2012 Mar;15(1):13–21. doi: 10.1016/j.ijosm.2011.11.004

Table 1.

Abdominal LPT Increases Leukocyte Flux in Thoracic Duct Lymph

Pre-LPT LPT Post-LPT
Neutrophils 0.27 ± 0.12 3.67 ± 0.96 ** 0.29 ± 0.01
Monocytes 0.34 ± 0.14 4.24 ± 1.18 * 0.36 ± 0.10
Lymphocytes 10.32 ± 4.53 81.1 ± 22.2 ** 7.30 ± 2.30
CD4+ T cells 3.25 ± 0.62 43.7 ± 5.57 ** 5.10 ± 1.90
CD8+ T cells 1.24 ± 0.37 16.3 ± 4.12 ** 2.23 ± 0.76
IgA+ B cells 0.65 ± 0.18 9.02 ± 0.86 ** 0.60 ± 0.21
IgG+ B cells 1.06 ± 0.21 13.4 ± 4.81 * 0.78 ± 0.18

Data are means × 106 immune cells/min ± SE from 6 experiments.

*

Greater than Pre-LPT and Post-LPT (P< 0.01)

**

Greater than Pre-LPT and Post-LPT (P< 0.001). Republished with kind permission from Lymphatic Research and Biology.