Composition of the peripheral blood cell picture at 24 h (A) and 48 h (B) following administration of rmLF and mTF—a control protein. Mice were given rmLF and mTF (100 μg). The results are presented as the mean value of five mice per group. Statistics: (A) Bands: control versus mTF, NS (P=0.62); control versus rmLF, P<0.0002; mTF versus rmLF, P<0.0005; neutrophils: control versus mTF, NS (P=0.98); control versus rmLF, P<0.0005; mTF versus rmLF, P<0.002; eosinophils: control versus mTF, NS (P=0.07); control versus rmLF, P<0.0002; mTF versus rmLF, P<0.0002; lymphocytes: control versus mTF, NS (P=0.73); control versus rmLF, P<0.0002; mTF versus rmLF, P<0.0002; monocytes: control versus mTF, NS (P=1.0); control versus rmLF, NS (P=0.12); mTF versus rmLF, NS (P=0.12). (B) Bands: control versus rmLF, P<0.002; neutrophils: control versus rmLF, P<0.002; eosinophils: control versus rmLF, NS (P=0.31); lymphocytes: control versus rmLF, P<0.0002; monocytes: control versus rmLF, NS (P=0.85). B, bands; Ne, neutrophils; E, eosinophils; L, lymphocytes; M, monocytes; mTF, mouse serum transferrin.