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Published in final edited form as: J Immunol. 2011 Sep 19;187(9):4542–4552. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101567

Table I.

Leukocytic composition of BAL cells

Leukocyte subtypes	FA/FA (pre- and postnatal FA)	FA/FA+ (pre- and postnatal FA) + Af	FA/SS+ (postnatal SS) +Af	SS/FA+ (prenatal SS) +Af	SS/SS+(pre-and postnatal SS) +Af
Total BAL leukocytes	6.2 ± 2.6×10⁴	51.4 ± 8.3×10⁴	54.0 ± 6.9×10⁴	92.4 ± 11.3×10⁴	97.8 ± 12.6×10⁴
Macrophages, %	90.8 ± 4.41	95 ± 1.58	92.1 ± 2.65	^*31.6 ± 4.18	^*38.0 ± 5.54
Neutrophils, %	3.8 ± 2.06	4.5 ± 1.48	11.5 ± 2.11	^†35.0 ± 4.62	^†38.1 ± 6.46
Lymphocytes, %	0.7 ± 0.60	0.2 ± 0.24	2.1 ± 0.53	^‡1.9 ± 0.33	^‡2.9 ± 0.37
Eosinophils, %	0 ± 0.00	0.3 ± 0.24	1.3 ± 0.34	^§34.3 ± 4.02	^§36.6 ± 5.11

FA, filtered air; SS, secondhand cigarret smoke; Af, Aspergillus extract. Data are presented as mean ± SD (n= 5–6). Macrophage

p < 0.05 compared with FA/FA+, and FA/SS+; neutrophils

^†

p < 0.05 compared with FA/FA+, and FA/SS+; for lymphocytes

^‡

not significant (ns) compared with FA/FA+, and FA/SS+; and eosinophils

^§

p < 0.05 compared with FA/FA+, and FA/SS+.