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. 2012 Sep 14;303(10):L899–L911. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00179.2012

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3.

Inflammatory cell infiltrates in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid isolated from rat pups at PN1, 7, and 14. The percentage (A) and total number of inflammatory cell infiltrates (B) were assessed in BAL fluid isolated from rat pups at PN1, 7, and 14 (n > 4 all groups, except Lewis SAL and BN OVA PN14, n = 3). A: percentage of neutrophils was elevated in OVA-exposed Lewis pups at PN7 and 14 and BN pups at PN1 and 7. Following maternal OVA exposure, BN pups display higher neutrophil levels than Lewis pups at PN1. Eosinophil percentage was significantly increased in BN pups after maternal OVA exposure at PN7 and 14 and was higher than in Lewis pups at all 3 time points. B: OVA exposure was associated with an increase in the total number of neutrophils from BAL fluid in Lewis pups at PN14 and in BN pups at PN1 and 7. The total number of eosinophils was elevated in OVA-exposed BN pups at PN1 and 7 and was significantly higher than that observed in Lewis pups at PN1 (*P < 0.05 OVA vs. SAL; #P < 0.05 vs. Lewis rat).