TABLE 2.
BAL fluid sourcea | mRNA levelb for:
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CaM1 | CaM2 | CaM3 | |
Normal | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 1.0 ± 0.0 |
Dex treated | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.0 |
Dex-Pc | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.2c | 0.7 ± 0.2c |
Normal, immunocompetent animals; Dex treated, immunosuppressed animals; Dex-Pc, immunosuppressed, Pneumocystis-infected animals.
Results are averages ± SD for six independent assays of each condition.
P < 0.05 versus normal condition for the same species.