Relationship between lymphocyte apoptosis and endotoxin translocation after thermal injury in rats

Table 1 Apoptotic lymphocyte counts in 2000 total cells of spleen and MLN

Tissue	Healthy control	T (postburn)/h
		3	6	12	24	48	72
Spleen	499 ± 186	12 ± 8b	19 ± 15b	12 ± 7b	100 ± 15b	123 ± 25b	226 ± 26b
MLN	3 ± 1	546 ± 83b	285 ± 39b	149 ± 30b	58 ± 10b	36 ± 11b	33 ± 9b

^bP < 0.01, vs control

Table 2 The optical density values (transmission light) of TUNEL-POD positive lymphocytes in spleen and MLN

Tissue	Healthy control	T (postburn)/h
		3	6	12	24	48	72
Spleen	0.54 ± 0.03	0.30 ± 0.02b	0.35 ± 0.12b	0.36 ± 0.03b	0.36 ± 0.02b	0.44 ± 0.19	0.52 ± 0.12
MLN	0.24 ± 0.06	0.83 ± 0.16b	0.96 ± 0.25b	0.62 ± 0.16b	0.45 ± 0.04b	0.35 ± 0.07b	0.29 ± 0.04

^bP < 0.01, vs control