TABLE 1.

Numbers of lymphocytes in the spleen of athymic (T), sham-operated (S) or non-manipulated (C) control mice

	5 Weeks			10 Weeks
Number (average ± SD)	T	S	C	T	S	C
CD4+	4.77 × 106 ± 0.85 × 106	7.92 × 106 ± 0.82 × 106	8.37 × 106 ± 1.73 × 106	3.6 × 106 ± 0.97 × 106	8.8 × 106 ± 2.96 × 106	10.1 × 106 ± 1.78 × 106
CD8+	2.42 × 106 ± 0.47 × 106	4.32 × 106 ± 0.41 × 106	2.59 × 106 ± 0.39 × 106	2.52 × 106 ± 0.72 × 106	5.74 × 106 ± 2.14 × 106	7.68 × 106 ± 2.55 × 106
CD4+ CD44hiCD62L−	1.3 × 106 ± 0.1 × 106	1.4 × 106 ± 0.4 × 106	1.7 × 106 ± 0.45 × 106	1.04 × 106 ± 0.44 × 106	1.6 × 106 ± 0.53 × 106	1.2 × 106 ± 0.23 × 106
CD8+ CD44hiCD62L−	0.74 × 106 ± 0.05 × 106	0.94 × 106 ± 0.3 × 106	1.1 × 106 ± 0.26 × 106	1.15 × 106 ± 0.46 × 106	1.44 × 106 ± 0.3 × 106	1.5 × 106 ± 0.34 × 106
CD19+CD21+CD23−	1.29 × 106 ± 0.32 × 106	1.36 × 106 ± 0.45 × 106	1.53 × 106 ± 0.3 × 106	4.3 × 106 ± 2.5 × 106	3.6 × 106 ± 01.1 × 106	5.93 × 106 ± 1.6 × 106
CD19+CD21+CD23+	21.59 × 106 ± 2.11 × 106	20.50 × 106 ± 3.89 × 106	24.32 × 106 ± 4.9 × 106	27.31 × 106 ± 11.33 × 106	24.49 × 106 ± 6.9 × 106	25.12 × 106 ± 5.7 × 106