Figure 4
From: Critical role of aldehydes in cigarette smoke-induced acute airway inflammation
Inflammatory cytokine levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissue homogenates of mice after cigarette smoke ( CS), water- filtered cigarette smoke ( WF- CS) and air exposure. Concentration of (A) MIP-1α, (B) MCP-1, (C) KC expressed as pg/mg protein in lung tissue homogenates. Levels of (D) KC expressed as pg/ml in BALF. Concentration of (E) IL-5, (F) GM-CSF and (G) IL-1β expressed as pg/mg protein in lung tissue homogenates. Data are expressed as mean values ± SEM and are referred to 7 mice per group. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01; significantly different from the air control group.