Intranasal

Oro-tracheal

 

Macrophages

Neutrophils

Macrophages

Neutrophils

PBS

56 ± 34

1.4 ± 1.1

179 ± 58

0.8 ± 0.5

CSE

248 ± 70**

4.1 ± 3.2*

217 ± 95

0.7 ± 0.9

Macrophage and neutrophils in BAL (x103) from BALB/c mice treated for 4 days with 50l intranasal or 20 μl oro-tracheal PBS or 100% CSE. Values are mean ± S.D. of 5 mice. *P<0.05; **P<0.001 (vs PBS)
Table 1: Effect of administration route on CSE-induced BAL cell number.