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Table 3.

Comparison of leukocyte count and neutrophils percentage in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid among control group, paraquat group and rapamycin treatment group at 1, 3, 5, and 7 days after intraperitoneal injection ( x̅ ± s)

Group	Time	n	Blood		BALF

			Leukocyte count (× 10⁹/L)	Neutrophils percentage (%)	leukocyte count (× 10⁹/L)	Neutrophils percentage (%)
Control group	1d	12	2.91 ± 1.21	13.75 ± 5.52	0.18 ± 0.03	21.25 ± 2.35
	3 d	12	2.52 ± 1.18	15.69 ± 5.22	0.18 ± 0.02	21.05 ± 2.46
	5 d	12	2.74 ± 1.43	16.94 ± 5.84	0.17 ± 0.01	21.53 ± 2.41
	7 d	12	2.15 ± 1.13	15.50 ± 6.15	0.17 ± 0.04	20.89 ± 2.46
PQ group	1 d	12	7.95 ± 2.59^a	41.50 ± 10.20^a	0.32 ± 0.04^a	41.15 ± 9.68^a
	3 d	12	9.02 ± 4.00^a	51.78 ± 8.58^a	0.39 ± 0.12^a	42.37 ± 10.25^a
	5 d	12	8.54 ± 3.10^a	55.42 ± 9.83^a	0.48 ± 0.05^a	44.70 ± 9.69^a
	7 d	12	8.57 ± 2.97^a	57.67±9.68^a	0.40 ± 0.05^a	40.98 ± 4.76^a
RAPA treatment group	1 d	12	6.46 ± 2.58^a	40.62 ± 7.28^a	0.32 ± 0.06^a	40.45 ± 6.44^a
	3 d	12	6.10 ± 2.41^ab	36.40 ± 8.43^ab	0.32 ± 0.05^a	38.13 ± 6.78^a
	5 d	12	5.65 ± 1.93^ab	35.10 ± 8.44^ab	0.29 ± 0.06^ab	34.10 ± 6.23^ab
	7 d	10	4.98 ± 1.75^ab	34.15 ± 8.30^ab	0.29 ± 0.01^ab	32.49 ± 6.61^ab

BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Control group, Sprague-Dawley rats were intraperitoneally injected with 1.25 ml/kg saline solution; PQ group, Sprague-Dawley rats were intraperitoneally injected with 15 ml/kg 2% paraquat solution; RAPA treatment group, paraquat-poisoned Sprague-Dawley rats were immediately intraperitoneally injected with 1.25 ml/kg saline solution containing 4 mg/kg rapamycin; 1 d, 3 d, 5 d, 7 d, 1, 3, 5, and 7 days after intraperitoneal injection;

compared with control group, P < 0.05;

^ab

compared with PQ group, P < 0.05.