A High-Salt Diet Disturbs the Development and Function of Natural Killer Cells in Mice

Figure 2

The number of NK cells in the spleen and lungs of HSD-fed mice was decreased. Representative flow cytometry profiles of CD3^- NK1.1⁺ NK cells from the spleen (SP), bone marrow (BM), lymph nodes (LN), liver, and lungs of control or HSD-fed mice (a). The percentage of NK cells in the indicated organs and tissues from control and HSD-fed mice (b). The absolute number of NK cells in the indicated organs and tissues from control and HSD-fed mice (c). Each symbol represents an individual mouse. All the data represent at least three independent experiments. Data are shown as the . Unpaired Student’s -tests (two-tailed) were performed using the Prism software. A value of <0.05 was considered significant. , .

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