|
Control
group |
Experimental
group |
Weight
of thymus (mg) |
15.688.10
|
65.8412.20c
|
Weight
of thymus(mg)/body weight (g) |
0.360.18
|
1.580.63c
|
Morphometry
of cortex/medulla |
0.580.31
|
3.741.17c
|
Total
cell count (106) |
2.331.43
|
19.702.05c
|
Thymocyte
count (104/mg) |
17.178.64
|
30.805.84c
|
Thymocyte
count, cortex (104/mm2) |
2.200.85
|
3.760.60c
|
Thymocyte
count, medullar (104/mm2) |
1.390.61
|
2.160.44c
|
ANAE(+)thymocytes
/ thymocytes (%) |
36.509.24
|
77.946.01c
|
Thymic
non-lymphocytes/total cells (%) |
1.810.45
|
3.421.00c
|
Macrophage-thymocytes
rosette ratio
Big rosette |
8.604.71
|
30.617.97c
|
Small
rosette |
10.894.39
|
28.915.03c
|
cP<0.01,
compared with the controls.
|