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Table 2 Total WBC, neutrophils %, and macrophages % in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) taken at the end of experiments

From: Roles of alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and spleen in the lung injury induced by a repeated saline lavage in rat

 

Total cells (Cells.mm−3)

Neutrophils (%)

Macrophages (%)

Sham

384 ± 98

27.00 ± 2.73

72.60 ± 3.20

SPX

379 ± 116

22.80 ± 7.91

77.20 ± 7.91

LAV

1086 ± 147*

77.50 ± 3.61*

22.83 ± 4.99*

LAV + NIC

735 ± 127*#

44.33 ± 6.08*#

55.66 ± 6.08*#

LAV + MLA + NIC

1095 ± 143*a

73.28 ± 6.75*a

26.71 ± 6.75*a

LAV + SPX

1290 ± 127×a

76.66 ± 8.59×a

23.16 ± 8.54×a

LAV + SPX + NIC

1019 ± 95×a c

70.40 ± 6.73×a

29.60 ± 6.73×a

  1. Data are mean ± SD in the Sham (n = 5), SPX (n = 5), LAV (n = 6), LAV + NIC (n = 6), LAV + MLA + NIC (n = 6), LAV + SPX (n = 6), and LAV + SPX + NIC (n = 6) groups
  2. LAV Lavage; NIC Nicotine; SPX Splenectomy; MLA Methyllycaconitine
  3. *: P < 0.05, versus the Sham group; #: P < 0.05, versus the LAV group; a: P < 0.05, versus the LAV + NIC group; c: P < 0.05, versus the LAV + SPX group; ×: P < 0.05, versus the SPX group
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

ISSN: 1471-2466

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