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Table 1 Cellular content in BAL fluid of mice immunized with B. malayi γ-GT alone or with Alu ( γ -GT/AL) or saline*

From: Pulmonary Inflammation Induced by a Recombinant Brugia malayi γ-glutamyl transpeptidase Homolog: Involvement of Humoral Autoimmune Responses

Treatment

Total Cells (× 103/ml)

Mono/Macro

Lymph

Neu

Eos

Saline

350 ± 56

320 ± 39

8.4 ± 0.5

27 ± 1.1

1.7 ± 0.2

γ-GT

1260 ± 115

323 ± 31

185 ± 57

523 ± 71

14.6 ± 10

γ-GT/AL

730 ± 106

180 ± 54

205 ± 12.3

294 ± 11

13.8 ± 3.8

  1. *Values represent geometric mean ± SD (n = 4). As indicated in Materials and Methods, intranasal challenge was carried out 71 days after immunization. BAL was performed 72 h after the intranasal challenge.