TABLE I -.

Local inflammation: total protein BAL content in right and left lung by BCA method

	Groups	Right lung	Left lung
	Healthy	268 ± 24	423 ± 54
Sacrifice 6 h	Vehicle	2994 ± 496*,°	1148 ± 193
	Post-Hex	1585 ± 316	1380 ± 262
	Pre-Hex	1647 ±315	1013 ± 294
Sacrifice 24 h	Vehicle	2891 ± 289**	773 ± 103
	Post-Hex	2145 ± 266°°	616 ± 70
	Pre-Hex	2364 ± 296#	521 ± 90

In the right lung: ANOVA in Sacrifice 6 h experiment p<0.01, Tukey post hoc test; *p<0.01 vs. Healthy, °p<0.05 vs. Post-Hex; ANOVA in Sacrifice 24 h experiment p<0.01, Tukey post hoc test; **p<0.01 vs. Healthy, °°p<0.01 vs. Healthy, ^#p<0.01 vs. Healthy. In the left lung: ANOVA p = ns. Healthy: no surgical interventions or treatment (n = 5); Vehicle: HCl instillation + vehicle treatment (n = 8); Post-Hex: HCl instillation + Hexarelin treatment (n = 8); Pre-Hex: Hexarelin pretreatment + HCl instillation (n = 8).

ANOVA = analysis of variance; BAL = bronchoalveolar lavage; BCA = bicinchoninic acid.