Figure 3.

Quercetin suppressed the accumulation of macrophages and increase in the ratio of CD8⁺ T cells in stromal vascular cells in the epididymal adipose tissue (EAT) of mice fed a Western diet. (A) Representative photomicrographs showing EAT stained with anti‐Mac2 antibody (Mac2) or hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and the percentage of Mac2‐stained area. (B) The CD4⁺/CD8⁺ lymphocyte ratios as determined by a flow cytometer in the stromal vascular cells of EAT. Mice were fed a control diet (Control), Western diet (WD), or Western diet containing 0.05% quercetin (WQ) for 18 weeks. Values are expressed as the means ± SEM of five or six mice in each group. Different superscripts indicate significant differences (p < 0.05, two‐sided).