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Table 1 Total and differential cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (cells/ml).

From: Protective effects of aerobic exercise on acute lung injury induced by LPS in mice

 

Control

Exercise

LPS

Exercise+LPS

P

total cells

1.35 ± 1.71

1.30 ± 2.01

8.73 ± 3.08a

7.30 ± 0.68

<0.001

neutrophils

0.04 ± 0.04

0.04 ± 0.05

7.28 ± 1.56a

6.00 ± 3.02

<0.001

lymphocytes

0.04 ± 0.07

0.02 ± 0.02

0.15 ± 0.14

0.16 ± 0.20

ns

macrophages

1.11 ± 0.50

1.00 ± 0.60

1.12 ± 0.60

0.86 ± 0.60

ns

eosinophils

0.02 ± 0.04

0

0.01 ± 0.03

0.04 ± 0.05

ns

  1. a indicates the significant effect of LPS in increasing cell counts; values are expressed as the means ± SD. LPS, lipopolysaccharide; ns, non-significant.
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