Enhancement of CD4+ T cell activities and modulation of Th1/Th2 lineage development in radiated tumor-bearing rats treated with male zooid of Antheraea pernyi extracts

Table 1 Effect of MZAPE on tumor weight, tumor-inhibiting rate, suppression of anti-HEL IgG antibody production, and proliferative responses of PBMC to HEL (n = 20, mean ± SE)

Groups	Tumor weight (g)	Tumor-inhibiting rate (%)	Anti-HEL IgG antibody (A405)	Proliferation (× 1000 cpm)
Control	4.27 ± 0.60		0.17 ± 0.02	6.0 ± 0.7
Simple irradiation	1.58 ± 0.40b	63.08 ± 6.43	0.09 ± 0.01b	5.31 ± 0.8d
Radiation plus MZAPE	1.29 ± 0.33b	69.86 ± 7.12	0.34 ± 0.01b	27.4 ± 2.8b
MZAPE	2.76 ± 0.37b	35.30 ± 7.67	0.44 ± 0.04b	49.6 ± 3.1b

^bP < 0.001 and

^dP = 0.006 vs control group.