Figure 1From: Different regulation of cigarette smoke induced inflammation in upper versus lower airwaysAverage number of neutrophils in nasal turbinate sections. Increase in number of neutrophils after CS exposure was not seen after 2-wk, compared to air exposed littermates (Fig. 1A), but only after 4-wk (Fig. 1B). Interestingly, the number of neutrophils in the nasal turbinate decreased when the mice were chronically (24-wk) exposed, resulting in a significant lower amount of neutrophils per field in the CS exposed group compared to the air exposed group (Fig. 1C). (n = 8 mice/group, * p < 0.05)Back to article page