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Table 1 Mean number and differential counts of BAL cells

From: Nanoparticle uptake by airway phagocytes after fungal spore challenge in murine allergic asthma and chronic bronchitis

Animals

BALtotal × 106

% Mac

% PMN

% Eos

% Lymph

OVA-allergic

5.3* ± 0.5

25.9* ± 2.4

10.4* ± 0.5

56.6* ± 3.8

9.1* ± 1.6

Sham

0.8 ± 0.3

99.6 ± 0.4

0

0

0

Scnn1b-Tg

0.6 ± 0.1

97.8 ± 0.3

0

0

2.2* ± 0.3

WT

0.7 ± 0.1

99.8 ± 0.2

0

0

0

  1. Mean values of n = 5 animals per group ± SEM. *Significant difference to control group (P < 0.05). Mac, macrophages; PMN, polymorphnuclear leukocytes (neutrophils); Eos, eosinophils; Lymph, lymphocytes.