Differences in susceptibility to German cockroach frass and its associated proteases in induced allergic inflammation in mice

Table 3 Differential cell count in BAL fluid of C57Bl/6 mice

	Mac	Epi	Eos	Neut	Lymph
PBS/alum	0.9 ± 0.07	0.9 ± 0.07	0	0.01 ± 0.003	0.02 ± 0.008
frass/alum	33.2 ± 2.1	6.8 ± 1.7	25.1 ± 6.1	8.1 ± 1.7	18.3 ± 3.7
p value	<0.001	0.019	0.008	0.004	0.003

C57Bl/6 mice were given intraperitoneal injections of PBS with alum (PBS/alum) or GC frass with alum (frass/alum) on day 0 and 7. Intratracheal inhalations of PBS or GC frass were performed on days 14 and 19. On day 22, BAL fluid was harvested and differential cell counts performed. These data represent 7 mice per group and are expressed as mean ± SEM cell number ×10⁴. Statistical significance between GC frass and PBS treatments were determined by ANOVA.

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