Short-Term High-NaCl Dietary Intake Changes Leukocyte Expression of VLA-4, LFA-1, and Mac-1 Integrins in Both Healthy Humans and Sprague-Dawley Rats: A Comparative Study

Table 4

The effect of high-salt intake on the frequencies of cells expressing CD11b/c, CD11a, and CD49d on peripheral blood leukocyte subpopulations of Sprague-Dawley rats.

Peripheral blood leukocytes	LS diet	HS diet
Granulocytes % parent			0.004
CD11b/c+ granulocytes % parent			1.000
CD11a+ granulocytes % parent			0.858
CD49d granulocytes % parent			0.111
Monocytes % parent			0.553
Non-CD3 mononuclear cells % parent			0.039
CD11b/c+ monocytes % parent			0.438
CD11a total monocytes % parent			0.209
CD11a^high monocytes % parent			0.015
CD49d total monocytes % parent			0.025
CD49d^high monocytes % parent			0.001
CD49d^dim monocytes % parent			0.004
Lymphocytes % parent			0.002
CD3+ lymphocytes % parent			0.434
CD11b/c+CD3+ lymphocytes % parent			0.077
CD11b/c+ B cells % parent			0.064
CD11a+CD3+ T cells % parent			0.132
CD11a+ cytotoxic lymphocytes % parent	100.00	100.00	1.000
CD11a+ helper % parent	100.00	100.00	1.000
CD49d+CD3+ lymphocytes % parent			0.034
CD49d+CD3+ high lymphocytes % parent			0.011
CD49d+ cytotoxic lymphocytes % parent			0.071
CD49d+ T helper % parent			0.137
CD49d+ B cells % parent			0.008

LS: low-salt diet; HS: high-salt diet; per group; data was compared using -test, and was considered significant.