Effects of arginine supplementation on splenocyte cytokine mRNA expression in rats with gut-derived sepsis

Figure 1 Distribution of CD45Ra+, CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ lymphocytes in whole blood (A) and splenocytes (B) among the four groups 3 d after CLP (n = 10 in each group).

Figure 2 Expression of interleukin (IL)-2 (A), interferon (IFN-γ) (B), IL-4 (C), IL-10 (D) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) (E) messenger RNA in the spleen as determined by real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (n = 10 in each group). ^aP < 0.05 vs other groups; ^cP < 0.05 vs group 1 (–/–) and group 2 (–/+); ^eP < 0.05 vs group 3 (+/–) and group 4 (+/+).