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. 2011 May;178(5):1975–1985. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.01.048

Figure 2.

Figure 2

General asbestos-induced injury and immune cell profiles measured in BALF. OPN+/+ and OPN−/− mice were exposed to chrysotile asbestos (8 mg/m3 per day) for 9 days. The mice were lavaged and BALF was collected and processed for lactate dehydrogenase (A), total cell counts (B), and differential cell counts (C). *P ≤ 0.05, asbestos versus air exposure; **P ≤ 0.05, asbestos-exposed OPN+/+ versus OPN−/−. Cell types: eosinophils (Eosin), polymorphonuclear cells (PMN), lymphocytes (Lymph), and macrophages (Macs).