Table 3.

Tissue damage & inflammation in left tibialis anterior following i.m. injection of SLA/LA. Degree of inflammation and immune cell infiltration were assessed on H&E stained slides of the left T.A., and assigned a grade (0–4) with 0 and 4 being the least and most severe, respectively. Standard deviation is indicated in parentheses; N = 6/group.

		Inflammation
Time point (Day)	SLA/LA (mg)	Acute	Subacute to chronic	Tissue Damage
1	0	0 (0)	0.2 (0.4)	0.2 (0.4)
	1	2.2 (0.8)	0.3 (0.5)	1.5 (0.5)
	10	2.5 (0.5)	0.5 (0.5)	2.5 (0.8)
7	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	1	2.2 (0.8)	1.8 (0.4)	1.3 (0.5)
	10	3.5 (0.5)	0.7 (0.5)	3 (0.9)