Fig 2.

Characterization of the inflammatory response to repeated A. fumigatus conidial exposure. (A) Airway leukocytes were recovered from each mouse by BAL and counted using a hemocytometer. Bar graphs depict the means ± SEM of data compiled from the means from two or more independent sets of experiments (n = 3 or 4 mice per group per experiment). *, P < 0.001 for 4 and 8 versus 0 and 2 exposures. (B) Flow cytometric leukocyte differential analyses were performed on BAL cells for each group based on FSC, SSC, Gr1, and CD11c, as detailed in the legend to Fig. 1, following zero, two, four, and eight conidial challenges.