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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Jul 15:S1053-2498(17)31898-3. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.07.007

Figure 1. Levels of SP-D, RAGE and alpha diversity of bacterial communities in compartments of the respiratory tract.

Figure 1

A. Bar plot showing the level of RAGE (ng/ml) found in the proximal (B1) and distal airway (B6). Levels of RAGE were significantly higher in the distal as compared to the proximal airway (*P<0.01)

B. Bar plot showing the level of SP-D (ng/ml) found in the proximal (B1) and distal airway (B6). Levels of SP-D were higher in the distal as compared to the proximal airway, but it did not reach statistical significance (P=0.07)

C. Box plots showing alpha diversity of bacterial communities in transplant subjects. Alpha diversity was calculated using Shannon Index for oro-pharyngeal wash (O),nasal (N) and bronchoalveolar lavage samples represented by B1 (proximal airways)and B6 (distal airways). One way ANOVA analysis of B1 versus O, *P<0.01; B6versus O, P<0.01; N versus O; P<0.01.