Resolution of Sterile Inflammation: Role for Vitamin C

Table 2

Differential cell counts from peritoneal exudates following thioglycollate-induced peritonitis ( = 6–8 mice/group, n.d. = not determined).

		Sufficient	Deficient	Deficient + AscA
Day 1	PMN (×10^6)	20.02 ± 3.4	23.2 ± 2.6	n.d.
	M0 (×10^6)	5.0 ± 0.8	3.9 ± 0.6	n.d.
Day 3	PMN (×10^6)	1.8 ± 0.4	8.1 ± 1.9^a	3.8 ± 0.4
	M0 (×10^6)	18.4 ± 3.2	13.1 ± 3.1	14.5 ± 3.2
Day 5	PMN (×10^6)	1.0 ± 0.6	4.4 ± 1.1^b	0.4 ± 0.2^c
	M0 (×10^6)	18.8 ± 5.6	22.1 ± 4.2	14.3 ± 4.1

Sufficient versus deficient, .
^bSufficient versus deficient, .
^cDeficient versus deficient + AscA, .