Table 1.

Changes in percentages of lymphocytes in the thymus, spleen, and blood of Rorc^+/+ vs. Rorc^−/− LEW rats

	Thymus		Spleen		Blood
	Rorc+/+	Rorc−/−	Rorc+/+	Rorc−/−	Rorc+/+	Rorc−/−
CD3	52.1 ± 0.6	52.7 ± 0.7	54.6 ± 2.0	24.7 ± 1.7*	52.1 ± 3.2	51.5 ± 1.2
CD4	33.3 ± 1.2	15.6 ± 1.8*	50.5 ± 2.5	24.2 ± 0.3*	7.6 ± 1.2	5.2 ± 0.8*
CD8	22.1 ± 5.7	32.8 ± 1.8	12.2 ± 0.2	15.0 ± 1.4	9.8 ± 3.1	5.6 ± 0.6*
CD161	13.3 ± 1.0	4.5 ± 0.9*	9.0 ± 0.4	4.1 ± 0.4*	7.1 ± 1.7	14.7 ± 3.3*
B cells	54.9 ± 0.9	22.0 ± 0.2*	28.6 ± 3.6	13.9 ± 0.9*	4.5 ± 2.2	1.3 ± 0.2*
CD11b/c	12.1 ± 0.8	5.9 ± 0.3*	15.2 ± 2.2	7.7 ± 1.0*	2.5 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.2

Values are means ± SE and expressed as %monocytes. Rorc, RAR-related orphan receptor C.

^*P < 0.05 by Student’s t test.