Table 1. Thymic Size and Percentages of... | American Society of Hematology

Table 1.

Thymic Size and Percentages of Cycling and Apoptotic Cells Throughout Early Ontogeny (15 to 17 F) of Sham and Adx Fetuses

	15 F		16 F		17 F
	Sham	Adx	Sham	Adx	Sham	Adx
Thymocyte number (×10⁻⁴)	0.6 ± 0.05	0.4 ± 0.09	3.45 ± 0.25	2.0 ± 0.21^*	16.3 ± 1.5	8 ± 0.6^†
% Cycling cells	31 ± 3.1	30 ± 4.5	33 ± 5	27 ± 3	44.3 ± 1.4	30.3 ± 1.1^*
% Apoptotic cells	4.6 ± 0.3	4.06 ± 0.5	3.56 ± 0.6	9.11 ± 2^*	4.0 ± 0.7	7.5 ± 2.2^*

	15 F		16 F		17 F
	Sham	Adx	Sham	Adx	Sham	Adx
Thymocyte number (×10⁻⁴)	0.6 ± 0.05	0.4 ± 0.09	3.45 ± 0.25	2.0 ± 0.21^*	16.3 ± 1.5	8 ± 0.6^†
% Cycling cells	31 ± 3.1	30 ± 4.5	33 ± 5	27 ± 3	44.3 ± 1.4	30.3 ± 1.1^*
% Apoptotic cells	4.6 ± 0.3	4.06 ± 0.5	3.56 ± 0.6	9.11 ± 2^*	4.0 ± 0.7	7.5 ± 2.2^*

Data represented are the average of 3 to 4 experiments ± SD.

P ≤ .05.

P ≤ .01.

P ≤ .001.