Table 3. Percentage of the Surface Area of the Large Airways with Normal Histology, Atypia, Low-grade Dysplasia & High-grade Dysplasia After NTCU Treatment.
Treatment group |
N | Normal | Atypia | Low-grade Dysplasia |
High-grade Dysplasia |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 weeks of NTCU (15 μmol) | |||||
S | 11 | 100 ± 0 | |||
SN | 14 | 26 ± 17.9 | 63.5 ± 17.5 | 8.72 ± 9.5 | |
SN+C | 14 | 38.5 ± 27.1 | 53.3 ± 23.3 | 6.6 ± 7.7 | |
D | 15 | 100 ± 0 | |||
DN | 10 | 3.8 ± 6.7 | 25.3 ± 10.5 | 48.3 ± 9.2 | 22.7 ± 8.8†‡ |
DN+C | 12 | 0.8 ± 1.8 | 23.2 ± 21.3 | 63.1 ± 20.4 | 12.3 ± 13.9 |
25 weeks of NTCU (25 μmol) | |||||
S | 14 | 99.7 ± 1.1 | 0.3 ± 1.1 | ||
SN | 13 | 4.9 ± 8.0 | 38.2 ± 16.2 | 48.5 ± 14.1 | 8.4 ± 7.7 |
SN+C | 8 | 6.4 ± 15 | 41.4 ± 28.7 | 40.4 ± 29.1 | 11.8 ± 15.6 |
D | 10 | 97.9 ± 5.3 | 2.1 ± 15.3 | ||
DN | 7 | 3.5 ± 6.6 | 12.5 ± 35.6 | 48.5 ± 27.4 | 35.5 ± 21†‡ |
DN+C | 10 | 5.42 ± 9.2 | 72.9 ± 14.9 | 21.3 ± 10.3 |
Percent of lesions are represented as the mean of total airways scored per group +/− SEM; 3 sections (each ~ 100 microns apart) were scored per mouse
significant p<0.05 compared to S
significant p<0.05 compared to SN