Figure 3.
Cell viability and phosphatidylserine externalization in neutrophils collected from the BAL (A,B) or separated from the blood (C,D). The dot plot abscissa represents the fluorescence emitted by the annexin V-FITC and the ordinate the fluorescence emitted by the 7-AAD. The Q4 region corresponds to cells with intact plasma membrane; in the Q3 region cells with phosphatidylserine externalized (early apoptotic cells) and in the Q2 region, late apoptotic and necrotic cells. BAL: Control (n = 3), HFD (n = 3) and GK (n = 6); Blood: Control (n = 6), HFD (n = 7) and GK (n = 11). Results are presented as mean ± S.E.M and n represents the number of animals used in each group. *p < 0.05 vs control; ***p < 0.001 vs control; #p < 0.05 vs HFD; ###p < 0.001 vs HFD.