Table 1.

Absolute values of the morphometric analysis of extracellular matrix remodeling markers in lung tissue.

Remodelling markers	SAL	LPS	SAL-antiIL17	LPS-antiIL17
Collagen fibers (%)	12.35 ± 1.01	23.90 ± 2.67 *	11.55 ± 0.92	9.65 ± 0.37 */**
Actin (%)	17.92 ± 1.09	27.77 ± 2.38 *	18.75 ± 2.46	9.14 ± 1.91*/**
MMP-9 (cells/104μm2)	2.70 ± 0.46	13.10 ± 0.80 *	1.89 ± 0.38	5.88 ± 0.46 */**
MMP-12 (cells/104μm2)	0.32 ± 0.06	4.00 ± 0.22 *	0.32 ± 0.09	0.26 ± 0.11**
TIMP-1 (cells/104μm2)	1.11 ± 0.18	8.42 ± 0.95 *	1.01 ± 0.25	4.59 ± 0.52 */**
TGF-β (cells/104μm2)	1.65 ± 0.23	6.24 ± 0.80 *	1.66 ± 0.25	1.71 ± 0.25**

Collagen fiber and actin are expressed as percentage and MMP-9, MMP-12, TIMP-1 and TGF-β are expressed as the number of positive cells/10⁴μm².

^*P < 0.05, compared to the SAL and SAL-antiIL17 groups;

^**P < 0.05, compared to the LPS group.