Figure 1.
Effects of dietary daidzein supplementation of hens on the serum immunoglobulin levels and peripheral blood lymphocyte classification and lymphocyte proliferation. (A) Serum immunoglobulin A levels of hens at the 4 and 8th weeks of the experiment. (B) Serum immunoglobulin M levels of hens at the 4 and 8th weeks of the experiment. (C) Peripheral blood B lymphocyte percentages of hens at the 4 and 8th weeks of the experiment. (D) Peripheral blood CD3(+) T cell percentages of hens at the 4 and 8th weeks of the experiment. (E) Peripheral blood CD4/CD8 T cells of hens at the 4 and 8th weeks of the experiment. (F) In vitro lymphocyte proliferation in hens at the 4 and 8th weeks of the experiment. Data information: We induced T and B lymphocyte cell multiplication in peripheral blood lymphocytes through concanavalin A and lipopolysaccharide stimulation, respectively. LPS, lipopolysaccharide stimulus index; CON A, concanavalin A stimulus index. The results are expressed as the means ± SEMs. Bars labeled with “*” are significantly different (P < 0.05).