Fig. 3.

Wild-type (WT) mice show typical, whereas aquaporin 5-negative (AQP5^−/−) mice show less, inflammation in the lung tissues of asthma. (a) Cells from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of WT mice asthma model; (b) cells from BALF of AQP5^−/− mice asthma model; (c) total numbers of the eosinophils from WT and AQP5^−/− mice was calculated by differential stained BALF cytospins. Bars represent the mean (± standard error of the mean) number of cells per group of mice (n = 8, *P < 0·01).