Fig. 7.

Lymphocyte recovery is not dependent upon the thymus. Calorically restricted thymectomized mice treated as in Fig. 6 (return to AL food for 2 months after CR) were analyzed exactly as in Fig. 6. a Spleen. b Blood. c Brachial and inguinal lymph nodes. d Bone marrow of the femur. Statistical differences were calculated by two-tailed Mann Whitney U tests by comparing cellularity to age-matched, AL fed mice. Data are representative of two independent experiments with 4–8 mice per treatment group