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. 2013 Oct 1;14(1):96. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-14-96

Table 4.

Invasive lung function measurements after desimaprimine, zoledronic acid and sphingolactone treatment

Parameter Unit Control (n=9) Elastase (n=10) Elastase + desimaprimine (n=5) Elastase + zoledronic acid (n=4) Elastase + sphingolactone (n=4)
Resistance (R)
cmH2O/mL
0.67 ± 0.07
0.52 ± 0.03*
0.47 ± 0.02 *
0.49 ± 0.01*
0.54 ± 0.05*
Compliance (C)
mL/cmH2O
0.032 ± 0.004
0.052 ± 0.004*
0.066 ± 0.007*
0.067 ± 0.011*
0.054 ± 0.007*
Airway Resistance (Rn)
cmH2O/mL
0.32 ± 0.03
0.23 ± 0.03*
0.22 ± 0.02*
0.25 ± 0.01*
0.21 ± 0.02*
Tissue Elasticity (H)
cmH2O/mL
32.4 ± 4.2
16.9 ± 2.3*
13.2 ± 1.3*
13.9 ± 2.8*
15.5 ± 2.7*
Total lung capacity (A)
mL
0.70 ± 0.05
0.78 ± 0.04
0.88 ± 0.02
0.89 ± 0.07
0.77 ± 0.03
Inspiratory Capacity (B) from zero pressure
mL
1.14 ± 0.09
1.30 ± 0.11*
1.47 ± 0.028*
1.57 ± 0.19*
1.29 ± 0.09*
Static Compliance (Cst) mL/cmH2O 0.078 ± 0.008 0.094 ± 0.009* 0.108 ± 0.002* 0.115 ± 0.014* 0.094 ± 0.008*

During invasive lung function measurements, an average for each individual mouse was calculated from 4 accepted (coefficient of determination: COD>0.95) measurements for each parameter. * p<0.05 when compared to Control.