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. 2013 Dec;68(12):1528–1536. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2013(12)09

Figure 2.

Figure 2

The effect of ovariectomy (OVx) and progesterone treatment (P) when considering the results of formaldehyde inhalation on the number of cells recruited in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Seven days after OVx or Sham-operation (Sham-OVx), the rats were subjected or not to FA inhalation. Subsequently, the rats were sensitized and challenged with OVA. In a parallel study, 7 days after the OVx, the rats were treated with progesterone. Lung inflammation was assessed by quantification of the total number of cells (A) and the total number of differential cells (B and C) present in the BAL 24 h after the OVA challenge. Basal parameters were obtained from non-manipulated rats (naïve). The data are the mean ± SEM of 6 animals per group. *p<0.05 relative to the naïve group; θp<0.05 relative to the OVA/OVA Sham-OVx group; δp<0.05 relative to the FA/OVA OVx group. (ANOVA followed by the Student-Newman-Keuls test).