Changes of CD4⁺ CD25⁺ Regulatory T Cells, FoxP3 in Adjuvant Arthritis Rats with Damage of Pulmonary Function and Effects of Tripterygium Glycosides Tablet

Table 1

Comparisons of pulmonary function, pulmonary coefficient, and alveolitis in rats (𝑛=12,𝑥±𝑠).

Index	Group
	NC	MC	MTX	TPT
Pulmonary function
FVC (mL)	6.09 ± 2.01	5.07 ± 0.27^b	5.25 ± 0.25^b	5.89 ± 0.30^ce
FEF25 (mL/s)	45.2 ± 6.21	30.7 ± 2.81^b	36.8 ± 3.67^bc	42.2 ± 4.71^cd
FEF50 (mL/s)	39.4 ± 6.84	27.0 ± 6.07^b	30.3 ± 4.94^b	40.2 ± 4.36^ce
FEF75 (mL/s)	37.7 ± 5.87	37.7 ± 5.87	24.1 ± 5.80^b	34.4 ± 10.5^cd
MMF (mL/s)	39.2 ± 5.72	39.2 ± 5.72	31.7 ± 4.36^b	37.1 ± 4.62^cd
PEF (mL/s)	39.1 ± 4.87	39.1 ± 4.87	33.1 ± 3.12^b	37.8 ± 4.33^cd
Pulmonary coefficient	2.61 ± 0.08	0.36 ± 0.36^b	2.83 ± 0.11^bc	2.74 ± 0.12^bcd
Alveolitis points (point)	0.37 ± 0.74	2.75 ± 0.70^b	1.87 ± 0.35^bc	1.62 ± 0.51^bcd

Note: compared with NC group, ^a𝑃<0.05, ^b𝑃<0.01; compared with MC group, ^c𝑃<0.01; compared with MTX group, ^d𝑃<0.05, ^e𝑃<0.01.