Table 1.

Effect of ovalbumin sensitization on differential cell counts of leukocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of mice

	Eosinophils, %	Neutrophils, %	Basophils, %	Lymphocytes, %	Monocytes, %
Control (n = 6)	0.22 ± 0.16	0.48 ± 0.22	0.03 ± 0.03	10.55 ± 0.76	88.71 ± 0.52
Sensitized (n = 6)	5.95 ± 0.59*	8.89 ± 2.19*	0.12 ± 0.07	18.62 ± 1.41*	66.46 ± 2.32*

Data are expressed as means ± SE, using the Studentʼs t-test.

^*Significantly different from control group (P < 0.01).