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Published in final edited form as: Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 2011 Jun;(159):3–40.

Table 3.

Cell Counts by Types (× 10⁴ cells/mL) in BAL Fluid of Mice at 7 Days Following DEP Treatment

	0 µg DEP		10 µg DEP		100 µg DEP

	Wild-type	Nep-null	Wild-type	Nep-null	Wild-type	Nep-null
Inflammatory cells
Total cells	41.17 ± 2.93	45.83 ± 3.66	70.29 ± 11.69^a	130.50 ± 17.09^a,^b,^c	100.00 ± 9.21^a	153.43 ± 10.61^a,^b,^c
Macrophages	37.86 ± 2.67	43.16 ± 3.57	65.43 ± 12.21	120.07 ± 18.47^a,^b,^c	88.90 ± 10.35^a	135.18 ± 5.6^a,^b,^c
Granulocytes	1.40 ± 0.33	1.21 ± 0.32	2.51 ± 0.44	4.80 ± 0.94	4.07 ± 0.67	6.24 ± 1.06^b
Lymphocytes	1.91 ± 0.22	1.47 ± 0.29	3.61 ± 0.87	5.63 ± 1.64	7.03 ± 1.79	10.09 ± 2.95^b
Epithelial cells	1.77 ± 0.65	1.95 ± 0.69	13.01 ± 2.34^a	19.50 ± 4.43^a,^b	19.35 ± 3.98^a	37.71 ± 6.42^a,^b,^c

^a

P < 0.05 compared to wild-type mice at 0 µg DEP exposure.

^b

P < 0.05 compared to Nep-null mice at 0 µg DEP exposure.

^c

P < 0.05 compared to wild-type mice given the same DEP dose.