Table 3 Bronchoalveolar lavage results of animals before and after injury with SPA or sham injury (CON)

RBC × 10¹²/L

0.01 ± 0.01

0.10 ± 0.00

<0.01

0.05 ± 0.10

0.02 ± 0.01

0.53

WBC × 10⁹/L

0.40 ± 0.22

0.61 ± 0.39

0.25

3.20 ± 1.63

0.36 ± 0.21

0.02

Macrophages (% of WBC)

65.89 ± 22.21

54.00 ± 16.37

0.42

5.56 ± 5.73

48.33 ± 14.43

<0.01

Small lymphocytes (% of WBC)

23.78 ± 18.85

23.33 ± 5.77

0.97

2.33 ± 0.71

31.67 ± 12.58

<0.01

Neutrophils (% of WBC)

10.33 ± 14.00

22.67 ± 16.17

0.23

91.44 ± 5.48

26.67 ± 20.21

<0.01