Airway inflammation, hyperresponsiveness analysis and histopathological analysis.

<p>(A) Inflammatory cell counts and classification in BALF at 8 d pi. (B) Inflammatory cell counts and classification in BALF at 15 d pi. (C) Inflammatory cell counts and classification in BALF at 15 d pi. OVA exposure was introduced. (D) Airway hyperresponsiveness analysis at 8 d pi. (E) Airway hyperresponsiveness analysis at 15 d pi. (F) Airway hyperresponsiveness analysis at 15 d pi. OVA exposure was introduced. (H) Histopathological analysis (H&E, 100× and 200×) of the lung at 8 d pi. Infiltrating inflammatory cells are marked by arrow. (G) Histopathological analysis (H&E, 100× and 200×) of the lung at 15 d pi. Infiltrating inflammatory cells are marked by arrow. Data (N = 5−6) are presented as the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. Please note that some groups of data are presented twice in different panels for better interpretation. *<i>P</i><0.05, **<i>P</i><0.01, ***<i>P</i><0.001.