FIG 5.
Chitin promotes eosinophil recruitment in response to A. fumigatus conidia. BALB/c mice were given a single aspiration of 2 × 106 Af293 or Af5517 conidia, and BALF was harvested 48 h later. (A) Frequencies of airway cells from mice that aspirated dormant (small circles) or swollen (large circles) conidia that had been fixed to prevent further germination. (B) Frequencies of airway cells from wild-type or SPAM mice that aspirated swollen (fixed) Af5517 conidia. Data are displayed as a summary of the results of two experiments. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01.