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. 2017 Nov 28;12(11):e0188627. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188627

Table 1. Inflammatory cells in lungs of Dp-CE allergic mice compared with normal and sham mice before vaccination (BV) and after vaccination/placebo and provocation with Dp-CE (PP).

Group Mean ± SD of cells/microscopic field*
Neutrophil Lymphocyte Eosinophil Macrophage Total cells
Before vaccination (BV)
Normal 4.46 ± 3.32 a 3.05 ± 6.57a 0 0.188 ± 1.68a 7.70 ± 7.47a
Sham 37.28 ± 25.83b 9.275 ± 5.70b 0 0 46.55 ± 26.27b
Allergenized mice 88.66 ± 43.47 c 125.44 ± 71.89c 1.15 ± 2.27 a 0 215.25 ± 90.85c
After vaccination and provocation (PP)
Sham 31.76 ± 22.90b 11.41 ± 14.01b 0 0 43.18 ± 35.02b
L-CE 119.33 ± 56.17c 61.44 ± 64.87d 0.96 ± 1.69a 0.10 ± 0.27a 181.84 ± 89.86d
L- Der p 1 48.73 ± 36.99d 37.79 ± 37.75e 0.24 ± 0.75b 0.05 ± 0.30a 86.81 ± 64.31e
L-Der p 2 55.42 ± 12.70e 36.36 ± 8.47e 0.45 ± 0.81c 0 92.23 ± 24.47e
L-Com 46.31 ± 26.35d 35.76 ± 34.16e 0.25 ± 0.91b 0.05 ± 0.29a 82.37 ± 47.74e
L-PBS 68.54 ± 44.31c,e 41.91 ± 53.89e 0.20 ± 1.02b 0.04 ± 0.28a 110.69 ± 87.30f

*, Average of at least 20 microscopic fields (10 × 40) per mouse

Entries with different superscripts (a, b, c, d, e and f) of the same column are statistically different (p <0.05)