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Table 1 Morphometric analysis of post-operative day 14 PNX and ADX/PNX rat lungs

From: Implications of post-pneumonectomy compensatory lung growth in pulmonary physiology and disease

 

Percent SHAM control

Tissue compartment

PNX

ADX/PNX

Dry mass [13]

138 ± 6

156 ± 5

Air [13]

140 ± 5*

113 ± 5

Tissue [13]

  

   Epithelial

151 ± 17

201 ± 22*

   Type I

156 ± 17

186 ± 23*

   Type II

189 ± 16

303 ± 54*

   Interstitial

135 ± 19

189 ± 30*

   Cellular

138 ± 21

193 ± 26*

   Non-cellular

133 ± 19

189 ± 37*

   Endothelial

148 ± 14

108 ± 21*

   Alveolar macrophages

205 ± 25

235 ± 7*

Surface area [30,31]

  

   Epithelial

126 ± 12

137 ± 15

   Endothelial

114 ± 9

142 ± 17*

  1. Data from the right lobes of PNX and ADX/PNX animals are calculated from references 13, 30 and 31, as indicated, and are expressed as percent of values from the right lung of adrenalintact post-operative day 14 SHAM rats. ADX, adrenalectomy; PNX, partial pneumonectomy; SHAM, sham pneumonectomy. * = P < 0.05; value elevated as compared to SHAM value.
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Respiratory Research

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