Figure 1From: Role of the tachykinin NK1 receptor in a murine model of cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary inflammation Effect of cigarette smoke exposure on cell differentiation in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Total bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells and cell differentiation in BAL fluid of wild type and NK1-R-/- mice upon sub acute (4 weeks) and chronic (24 weeks) exposure to air or cigarette smoke: (A) Total BAL cells, (B) macrophages, (C) dendritic cells, (D) neutrophils and (E) lymphocytes. Results are expressed as means ± SEM. N = 8 animals per group (* p < 0.05).Back to article page