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Table 5 Lung Morphologic analysis of mice on 92 days of persistent smoke exposure.

From: Effects of intratracheal administration of nuclear factor-kappaB decoy oligodeoxynucleotides on long-term cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation and pathology in mice

Treatment Lm(μm) Am(μm2) DI
NS 46.05 ± 6.71 1019.71 ± 95.62 42.89 ± 9.19
Decoy 45.07 ± 8.23 1137.15 ± 246.28 48.73 ± 15.87
Scr 41.48 ± 4.51 1231.02 ± 139.88 44.54 ± 11.70
Pr > Chi-Square 0.4573 0.0643 0.4712
  1. Data were analyzed by Nonparametric Mann-Whitney U-test and expressed as mean ± STD. Lm: linear intercept; Am: mean alveolar surface; DI: destructive index; NS: normal saline-treated smoke-exposed mice; Decoy: decoy NF-κB ODNs-treated smoke-exposed mice; Scr: scrambled ODNs-treated smoke-exposed mice. n = 8
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Respiratory Research

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