Figure 2From: Respiratory allergy to Blomia tropicalis: Immune response in four syngeneic mouse strains and assessment of a low allergen-dose, short-term experimental modelAllergic response of A/J mice sensitized withBlomia tropicalisextract (Bt E) or ovalbumin (OVA) or injected with saline (Control). (A) Total leukocyte numbers in BALF. (B) Differential leukocyte numbers in BALF. (C) Level of eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) activity in BALF. (D) Degree of airway responsiveness, as shown by the area under the curve (AUC) of the response to methacholine Ă— time. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001 for the indicated tested groups (Tukey's test). P > 0.05 is not represented. In A and C, each symbol corresponds to the result obtained from an individual animal. In B and D, columns represent the mean result of 5 (B) or 8 (D) animals; the vertical bars represent the standard deviation of the means. Data from A, B, and C are representative of three experiments, and from D of two experiments.Back to article page