Figure 5. β-Cryptoxanthin reduced T cell accumulation.

C57BL/6J mice were fed a standard chow (NC), a CL diet (CL), or a CL diet containing 0.003% β-cryptoxanthin (CL+CX) for 12 weeks. Hepatic expression levels of the T cell markers CD3, CD4, and CD8 were determined by quantitative RT-PCR analysis. Data are expressed as the arithmetic mean ± SEM (n = 4 (NC) or n = 5 (CL and CL+CX)). Different superscripts indicate significant differences (p<0.05) between the groups.