Research Article
Pulmonary Responses of Sprague-Dawley Rats in Single Inhalation Exposure to Graphene Oxide Nanomaterials
Table 4
Distribution of cells in BAL fluid.
| Markers | Group | 1 day | 7 days | 14 days |
| Total cell count (106/mL) | Unexposed | 0.65 ± 0.09 | 0.83 ± 0.15 | 0.67 ± 0.28 | Low | 0.64 ± 0.08 | 0.87 ± 0.14 | 0.57 ± 0.12 | High | 0.80 ± 0.15 | 0.57 ± 0.19 | 0.93 ± 0.04 |
| Macrophages (106/mL) | Unexposed | 0.61 ± 0.08 | 0.80 ± 0.14 | 0.65 ± 0.26 | Low | 0.62 ± 0.08 | 0.84 ± 0.13 | 0.55 ± 0.12 | High | 0.78 ± 0.15 | 0.56 ± 0.18 | 0.91 ± 0.04 |
| PMN (106/mL) | Unexposed | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | Low | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.01 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | High | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
| Lymphocytes (106/mL) | Unexposed | 0.02 ± 0.01 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.01 ± 0.01 | Low | 0.01 ± 0.00 | 0.01 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | High | 0.01 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.01 ± 0.00 |
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Mean ± SE.
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