Research Article

The Effects of Gas Humidification with High-Flow Nasal Cannula on Cultured Human Airway Epithelial Cells

Figure 4

Total protein concentration in apical surface wash fluid from Calu-3 monolayers exposed to one of three levels of relative humidity: <20% (dry), 69% (noninterventional comparator), and >90% (HFNC). Secretion of total protein increased at 8โ€‰hours in the dry group ( ๐‘ƒ < 0 . 0 0 1 ), but there was no difference between the noninterventional comparator group and the HFNC groups ( ๐‘ƒ > 0 . 0 5 ) and no difference between groups at 4โ€‰hours ( ๐‘ƒ > 0 . 0 5 ). Data are mean ยฑ SEM. *Group effect ( ๐‘ƒ < 0 . 0 5 ). ยงTime effect ( ๐‘ƒ < 0 . 0 5 ). ๐‘› = 6 /condition.
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