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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Dec 29;135(3):729–36.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.11.003

Fig 3. Presence of female sex hormones leads to increased vascular permeability during anaphylaxis.

Fig 3

(A) Hematocrit values at baseline and after PSA in males (M), females (F), sham-operated and OVX mice. (B) Wet/dry lung weight ratios of male and female mice 2 h after anaphylaxis. In A–B, n=6/group. (C) Representative H&E stained lung slides from a male and female mouse 2 h after IgE/Ag-induced PSA showing peri-bronchial edema (arrows) and red blood cells accumulated in airspace (arrowheads). Scale bar: 100μm. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, *** P<0.001.