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Table 1 Whole Lung Lavage Cell Count and Differential in Naïve and Ova-challenged Mice

From: Safety assessment of inhaled xylitol in mice and healthy volunteers

Experimental Group

Total Cell Count (×106) Mean (SD)

Differential Count (%)

  

Macrophages

Lymphocytes

Neutrophils

Eosinophils

Naïve mice-saline

0.26 (0.8)

99.6

0.17

0.17

0.0

Naïve mice-xylitol

0.25 (0.7)

99.0

0.34

0.0

0.66

Ova-challenged mice – saline exposed

0.96 (0.1)

20.0

3.6

14.0

62.2

Ova-challenged mice – xylitol exposed

0.78 (0.08)

21.3

9.0

9.0

61.0