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. 2008 May 5;20(7):647–663. doi: 10.1080/08958370701813273

TABLE 7.

Differentiation of BALF cells after 90 days of exposure: pulmonary inflammation study

	Groups

Parameter	Sham	1R4F-450	1R4F-600	AMP-750	EHC-AMP-750
FLC number(10⁶)	12.6 ± 0.8	16.7 ± 0.7^*	17.0 ± 0.8^*	15.6 ± 0.6	–
Alveolar macrophages (10⁶)	12.5 ± 0.7	14.9 ± 0.7	14.0 ± 0.9	14.9 ± 0.6^*	–
Alveolar macrophages (%)	99.0 ± 0.1	89.2 ± 1.4^*	82.1 ± 2.2^*	95.5 ± 0.8^*	–
Neutrophils (10⁶)	0.04 ± 0.008	1.70 ± 0.283^*	2.76 ± 0.301^*	0.63 ± 0.118^*	0.33
Neutrophils (%)	0.35 ± 0.05	10.13 ± 1.42^*	16.80 ± 2.14^*	3.99 ± 0.73^*	0.35
Lymphocytes (10⁶)	0.08 ± 0.012	0.11 ± 0.007	0.18 ± 0.02^*	0.078 ± 0.007	–
L	0.65 ± 0.10	0.67 ± 0.05	1.10 ± 0.15^*	0.50 ± 0.05	–

Values represent means ± standard error.

^*

Statistically significantly different from sham, p ≤ 0.05.

EECRs calculated on an equal TPM basis.

–: no EECR calculated.