Table 1.

Effect of As₂O₃ on EOS recruitment in BALF (%), pulmonary NF-κB activity (relative intensity units) and IκBα expression (IκBα/β-actin).

Asthma
	Control					As2O3
	4 hrs	1 hr	4 hrs	12 hrs	24 hrs	4 hrs
EOS	0.56 ± 0.22	5.08 ± 1.37*	11.12 ± 1.93*	20.25 ± 2.99*	48.72 ± 5.38*	4.69 ± 1.21*†
NF-κB	51.47 ± 4.53	162.31 ± 9.46*	255.74 ± 11.10*	127.59 ± 8.72*	80.97 ± 6.15#	75.80 ± 9.33*†
IκBα	0.80 ± 0.25	0.45 ± 0.04*	0.23 ± 0.10*	0.36 ± 0.03*	0.54 ± 0.07#	1.56 ± 0.34*†

Data represent the mean ± SEM of four independent experiments (n = 6 per group). ^# p < 0.05, * p < 0.01, vs the control mice; ^† p < 0.01, vs the OVA-challenged mice at 4 hrs.