Research Article

Pulmonary Responses of Sprague-Dawley Rats in Single Inhalation Exposure to Graphene Oxide Nanomaterials

Table 4

Distribution of cells in BAL fluid.

MarkersGroup1 day7 days14 days

Total cell count
(106/mL)
Unexposed0.65 ± 0.090.83 ± 0.150.67 ± 0.28
Low0.64 ± 0.080.87 ± 0.140.57 ± 0.12
High0.80 ± 0.150.57 ± 0.190.93 ± 0.04

Macrophages
(106/mL)
Unexposed0.61 ± 0.080.80 ± 0.140.65 ± 0.26
Low0.62 ± 0.080.84 ± 0.130.55 ± 0.12
High0.78 ± 0.150.56 ± 0.180.91 ± 0.04

PMN
(106/mL)
Unexposed0.00 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.00
Low0.00 ± 0.000.01 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.00
High0.00 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.00

Lymphocytes
(106/mL)
Unexposed0.02 ± 0.010.02 ± 0.000.01 ± 0.01
Low0.01 ± 0.000.01 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.00
High0.01 ± 0.000.00 ± 0.000.01 ± 0.00

Mean ± SE.