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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 2011 Jun;(159):3–40.

Table 8.

Sputum Cell Profiles in Human Subjects Exposed to DEE

Cell Numbera
Cell Type Baseline After DEE
Exposure
Inflammatory cells (× 106/mL)
  Total 7.98 ± 1.68 20.29 ± 7.65b
  Macrophages 6.53 ± 1.32 16.10 ± 5.57b
  Neutrophils 1.29 ± 0.49 4.05 ± 2.32
  Lymphocytes 0.15 ± 0.05 0.21 ± 0.08
Epithelial cells (× 103/mL) 2.80 ± 0.82 12.43 ± 7.98b
a

Average for 11 subjects ± SEM.

b

P < 0.05 when compared with baseline (N = 11).