Lymphocyte subpopulations in pregnant rats.

<p>Values of day 10 or 18 of pregnancy are recalculated regarding the median values of non-pregnant animals (which was set at 100%) to express (as median (Q₁–Q₃)) pregnancy-induced changes. [A] The adaptations to pregnancy in percentage of T-lymphocytes, ratio of T-helper cells (Th) and cytotoxic T-cells (Tc), percentages of effector T-cells (Teff), regulatory T-cells (Treg), NK-cells and the ratio of MFI CD161a/NKR-P1b of NK-cells in all three strains during pregnancy. [B] The adaptations to pregnancy of the Th1/Th2-mRNA ratio and ROR-C mRNA expression in all three strains during pregnancy. d10/d18: day 10 or 18 of pregnancy. ∞slope significantly different from zero (Regression-analysis, ANCOVA, p<0.05). *slope significant different between the marked strains (Regression-analysis, ANCOVA, p<0.05).