Table 1.

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis from Ereg^+/+ and Ereg^−/− mice 3 days following 4 weekly doses of BHT.

	Ereg+/+		Ereg−/−
Phenotype*	Oil	BHT	Oil	BHT
Macrophages	6.7 ± 0.8	20.9 ± 1.9‡§	5.5 ± 0.6	12.5 ± 1.3‡
Lymphocytes	0.1 ± 0.0	0.8 ± 0.4‡	0.0 ± 0.0	0.5 ± 0.1
PMNs	0.1 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.5	0.0 ± 0.0	1.6 ± 0.9
Epithelial	0.2 ± 0.0	0.4 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.0	0.2 ± 0.1
Total BAL Protein†	92.6 ± 10.9	463.0 ± 41.5‡	116.1 ± 20.4	474.9 ± 61.3‡

^*All cell types are (× 10⁴).

^†protein concentration in μg/ml.

^‡P < 0.05 compared to oil controls;

^§P < 0.05 compared to Ereg^−/− mice.