Table 1. Characteristics of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) after ovalbumin (OVA) sensitization and challenges.

	control	OVA 6 h	OVA 24 h	OVA 48 h	OVA 72 h	OVA 8day
Total cells (104/ml)	2.6±0.5	9.1±1.9	12.4±2.0	14.4±1.6*	17.3±2.5*	10.8±1.7*
Macrophages (104/ml)	2.6±0.5	3.2±0.4	2.9±0.2	3.5±0.5	5.5±0.8*	4.8±0.7*
[%]	[99.9]	[39.2]	[25.5]	[25.2]	[32.1]	[46.0]
Neutrophils (104/ml)	0.0±0.0	2.1±0.5*	1.9±0.3*	1.5±0.2*	1.0±0.1*	0.1±0.1
[%]	[0.1]	[22.3]	[16.4]	[10.9]	[6.4]	[1.1]
Eosinophils (104/ml)	0.0±0.0	3.7±1.0	7.1±1.7*	9.2±1.3*	10.4±1.7*	5.1±1.1*
[%]	[0]	[37.1]	[54.7]	[62.9]	[58.9]	[46.3]
Lymphocytes (104/ml)	0.0±0.0	0.1±0.1	0.4±0.3	0.1±0.0	0.4±0.1	0.8±0.2*
[%]	[0]	[1.1]	[3.1]	[0.8]	[2.3]	[6.3]

Data are presented as means ± SEM (n = 5).

*p <0.05 compared with control mice.