Expression of Interleukin-17A in Lung Tissues of Irradiated Mice and the Influence of Dexamethasone

Table 2

Comparison of the pathology grade of alveolitis and pulmonary fibrosis.

Lung injury	Group	𝑛	Grade
			0	I	II	III
Alveolitis	Sham	24	21	3	0	0
	RT	24	0	3	10	11
	RT + DXM	24	0	17*	3*	4*
Lung fibrosis	Sham	8	8	0	0	0
	RT	10	0	1	7	2
	RT + DXM	12	0	8^#	3^#	0

Alveolitis: ^∗𝑃<0.05 compared with RT group.
Lung fibrosis: ^#𝑃<0.05 compared with RT group within the same grading category.