Figure 2.

Time course of lung inflammation after single application of 5 mg/kg CNP in the presence or absence of ectoine (1 mM). Animals (n = 5) were analysed after the indicated time points. (a) Total number of cells per mL BAL; (b) total number of neutrophilic granulocytes per mL BAL; (c) total number of macrophages and monocytes per mL BAL; (d) pg/mL of KC in BAL. *, significantly different to the respective control (PBS or ectoine) after Tukey's HSD post hoc testing considering multiple testing; E, ectoine; nd, not detectable.