Table 1.

Results of BAL fluid analysis (×10⁴/ml) for the 4 groups of mice on days 3, 7, 14 and 21

	Day 3				Day 7
	Control	BLM	BLM + I	BLM + N	Control	BLM	BLM + I	BLM + N
Total cells	11.20 ± 1.31	78.00 ± 14.01	49.80 ± 6.94	16.00 ± 2.94**	18.40 ± 0.81	307.60 ± 45.10	114.60 ± 11.39**	65.20 ± 7.02**
Macrophages	11.08 ± 1.30	46.16 ± 5.85	35.24 ± 4.97	12.72 ± 2.42**	18.18 ± 0.77	138.30 ± 19.06	85.12 ± 17.26	53.70 ± 5.66**
Lymphocytes	0.06 ± 0.02	9.56 ± 1.27	4.62 ± 0.48**	1.27 ± 0.26**	0.16 ± 0.04	51.088 ±.23	9.22 ± 1.88**	3.80 ± 0.74**
Neutrophils	0.00 ± 0.00	21.88 ± 12.31	9.84 ± 2.99	1.90 ± 0.50	0.06 ± 0.04	115.70 ± 45.72	20.18 ± 8.50*	7.42 ± 1.41*
Eosinophils	0.00 ± 0.00	0.42 ± 0.10	0.12 ± 0.07**	0.07 ± 0.02**	0.00 ± 0.00	2.52 ± 0.66	0.08 ± 0.08**	0.26 ± 0.09**

	Day 14				Day 21
	Control	BLM	BLM + I	BLM + N	Control	BLM	BLM + I	BLM + N
Total cells	21.60 ± 2.01	194.60 ± 17.97	147.25 ± 23.38	88.80 ± 4.06**	16.80 ± 0.12	187.00 ± 42.29	113.66 ± 12.41	43.66 ± 6.76*
Macrophages	21.32 ± 1.96	101.83 ± 13.90	122.70 ± 25.21	82.18 ± 4.18	16.68 ± 3.09	128.06 ± 9.21	93.06 ± 9.39*	41.30 ± 5.18**
Lymphocytes	0.18 ± 0.04	71.30 ± 25.38	17.97 ± 8.96**	2.58 ± 0.30**	0.08 ± 0.03	50.66 ± 31.88	14.90 ± 3.21	1.76 ± 1.12
Neutrophils	0.12 ± 0.03	20.16 ± 6.66	6.05 ± 4.28*	3.96 ± 0.81**	0.02 ± 0.02	6.80 ± 3.05	4.43 ± 0.08	0.53 ± 0.43*
Eosinophils	0.00 ± 0.00	1.36 ± 0.48	0.47 ± 0.35	0.08 ± 0.04**	0.00 ± 0.00	1.43 ± 0.69	1.30 ± 0.34	0.06 ± 0.06*

BLM = Bleomycin; BLM+I = bleomycin plus imatinib; BLM+N = bleomycin plus nilotinib.

^*p < 0.05 for BLM vs. BLM+I or for BLM vs. BLM+N;

^**p < 0.01 for BLM vs. BLM+I or for BLM vs. BLM+N (n = 3 −5 for each group).