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Table 2 BAL cellular response

From: Early-life viral infection and allergen exposure interact to induce an asthmatic phenotype in mice

Groups

Total

Macrophages

Lymphocytes

Neutrophils

Eosinophils

Naïve

263 (34.1)

259 (1.8)

3 (1.3)

0 (0.3)

1 (0.8)

  

98.3% (0.7)

1.3% (0.5)

0.1% (0.1)

0.3% (0.3)

Virus control

312 (19.8)

262 (5.6)

47 (4.7)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

  

84.1% (1.8) ***

15.1% (1.5) ***

0.2% (0.1)

0.2% (0.1)

Sham/OVA

171 (20.5)

145 (4.8)

24 (3.4)

2 (1.7)

0 (0.2)

  

84.7% (2.8) ***

14.0% (2.0) ***

1.2% (1.0)

0.1% (0.1)

Virus/nil

330 (41.7)

275 (5.3)

47 (3.3)

7 (3.3)

0 (0.3)

  

83.3% (1.6) ***

14.3% (1.0) ***

2.2% (1.0)

0.1% (0.1)

Virus/OVA

555 (60.0) ***

429 (11.6)

104 (11.6)

14 (2.75)

2 (0.6)

  

78.0% (2.1) ***

18.9% (2.1) ***

2.6% (0.5) *

0.3% (0.1)

  1. Data are presented as mean numbers of cells × 10-3 (S.E.M) and as percentages for individual cell types (n = 8). Significant differences compared to naïve animals shown as * = P < 0.05, ** = P < 0.01, *** = P < 0.001.