Manipulation of the Complement System for Benefit in Sepsis

Table 5

Apoptosis of rat thymocytes 12 hr after CLP*.

Condition	Annexin V binding (% positive thymocytes)
sham	4%
CLP + preimmune rabbit IgG (400 μg); CLP + anti-C5a (400 μg)	29%7%	80% reduction

*Thymocytes were obtained 12 hr after CLP and assessed in flow cytometry for binding of Annexin V. Adapted from [20].