Figure 3From: Effects of cigarette smoke on degranulation and NO production by mast cells and epithelial cellsEffects of CSS on the production of NOx from A549, mouse AEC, and NHTBE. Cells were incubated with CSS for 24 h (AEC and NHTBE) or 48 h (A549). NOx production was assessed from the supernatants from each condition and cell line. Data are the means of 3 experiments with the mean and S.E.M. expressed as % of control. Baseline mean (SD) NOx of the cell lines were: A549 2.7 +/- 0.16 μM; mouse AEC 1.34 +/- 0.2 μM, and NHTBE 1.56 +/- 0.18 μM. ANOVA was performed on raw data: A549, *p < 0.05; AEC, *p < 0.05, 1% CSS compared with control; NHTBE, *p < 0.01, 1.0-0.5% CSS compared with control, *p < 0.05, 0.25% CSS vs. control; Dunnett's multiple comparison test.Back to article page