Table 2 Lung volume and fine pulmonary structure
Animals | V(lung) [ml] | Air/tissue [%] | Tissue distribution [%] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connective tissue | Capillaries | Macs 0 h/24 h | Type I cells | Type II cells | |||
Tg (n = 4) | 1.48 ± 0.06 | 86.0 ± 0.8/14.0 ± 0.8 | 36.8 ± 14.2 | 38.2 ± 19.6 | 2.9 ± 2.6/2.0 ± 2.2 | 19.1 ± 6.9 | 3.5 ± 0.4 |
Wt (n = 4) | 1.27 ± 0.21 | 86.0±0.6/13.5±1.4 | 32.4 ± 11.0 | 36.3 ± 24.4 | 3.1 ± 3.0/3.9 ± 4.7 | 23.3 ± 11.0 | 4.9 ± 3.3 |