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. 2013 Sep 6;8(9):e73963. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073963

Table 1. Comparison of BAL fluid in wild-type and dominant negative (DN) MafB transgenic mice.

Wild-type n=17 DN MafB n=21
Weight (g) 23.3 ± 3.5 22.1 ± 3.5
BALF volume (mL) 5.3 ± 0.3 5.3 ± 0.3
Cell concentration (×104 /mL) 2.0 ± 0.6 1.2 ± 0.5**
Cell fractionation (×102/mL)
Macrophage 186.6 ± 59.3 107.0 ± 42.9**
Neutrophil 1.4 ± 1.4 0.4 ± 0.7*
Lymphocyte 1.9 ± 2.0 1.1 ± 0.3
Eosinophil 0.3 ± 1.0 0.0 ± 0.0
Mononuclear cells 6.6 ± 3.6 7.1 ± 4.7
Cell fractionation (%)
Macrophage 95.8 ± 2.3 91.4 ± 4.0*
Neutrophil 0.1 ± 0.3 0.1 ± 0.3
Lymphocyte 2.2 ± 1.4 1.9 ± 1.2
Eosinophil 0.0 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.1
Mononuclear cells 1.8 ± 1.2 6.6 ± 3.2**

* P < 0.01, **** P < 0.0001 versus wild-type mice