Effects of Rheum tanguticum polysaccharide on TNBS -induced colitis and CD4+ T cells in rats

Table 3 Effects of RTP₁ on thymus, spleen and body mass in rats with TNBS- induced colitis (n = 10, x^-±s)

t/d	Body mass (g)				Spleen index (mg·g-1)				Thymus index (mg·g-1)
	Normal	Model	RTP1	DX	Normal	Model	RTP1	DX	Normal	Model	RTP1	DX
5	242 ± 16	210 ± 26b	235 ± 32	215 ± 27d	2.3 ± 0.4	3.2 ± 0.4d	3.0 ± 0.4d	3.0 ± 0.6d	2.4 ± 0.03	0.9 ± 0.3d	1.2 ± 0.5d	0.7 ± 0.2d
7	255 ± 23	223 ± 39c	243 ± 24	196 ± 21bde		3.9 ± 1.0d	3.6 ± 0.6d	2.3 ± 0.2		1.1 ± 0.5d	1.3 ± 0.5d	0.6 ± 0.3bd
10	277 ± 29	252 ± 27	267 ± 38	176 ± 33bde		2.6 ± 0.2c	2.7 ± 0.5	2.4 ± 0.2		1.0 ± 0.4d	1.2 ± 0.4d	0.4 ± 0.7bd
14	278 ± 30	258 ± 22c	272 ± 31	165 ± 31bde		2.7 ± 0.3c	2.5 ± 0.6	1.8 ± 0.3bd		1.2 ± 0.3d	1.4 ± 0.2d	0.02 ± 0.01bd

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs Model;

^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs Normal;

^eP < 0.05, ^fP < 0.01 vs RTP₁.