Fig. 3

Flow cytometry analysis for lymphocyte immunophenotyping from Sprague Dawley rats. (A) Flow quadrant diagram of CD4 and CD8. (B) Proportion of CD8+ T cells (quadrant 1 + 2 in A). (C) Flow quadrant diagrams of CD4 and CD25. (D) Proportion of CD4+ T-cells (quadrant 2 + 3 in C). (E) Flow quadrant diagrams of CD4 and IL-17. (F) Proportion of CD4+ IL-17+ T cells (quadrant 2 in F). n = 6. The “n” means number of animals. Mean ± standard deviation, one-way analysis of variance was used for statistical analysis. **p < 0.01 vs. control group; ##p < 0.01 vs. model group