Fig. 4From: Staphylococcal enterotoxin B administration in pregnant rats alters the splenic lymphocyte response in adult offspring ratsEffect of SEB on the lymphocyte proliferation of adult offspring rats. Three days after the splenocytes of adult offspring rats in the PBS and SEB groups were in vitro co-cultured in RPMI medium with either SEB (named as PBS + SEB, SEB + SEB) or ConA (named as PBS + ConA, SEB + ConA), the proliferation was measured by 3H-thymidine incorporation in the splenic lymphocytes of adult female (a) and male (b) offspring rats. Data are expressed as mean ± SE and the measure unit of [3H] thymidine incorporation is counts per min (CPM). The results are representative of 10 independent cultures with each condition in triplicate [Twenty adult offspring rats (half male and half female) was used in each group]. Compared with PBS + ConA: # P < 0.05; Compared with SEB + ConA: * P < 0.05Back to article page