Cigarette smoke worsens lung inflammation and impairs resolution of influenza infection in mice-10

lost weight while smoke exposure was underway, and once exposure stopped, weight was regained but this was impaired in smoke and influenza mice. Mice were first weighed 3 days before smoke exposure began and weights are expressed as mean change from this starting weight, +/- SEM. Data were analyzed by one way ANOVA with repeated measures followed by a post hoc Fisher's protected least significant difference test. The * symbol indicates a statistically significant difference in mean weight between smoke alone and smoke and influenza mice, at that time point. The # symbol indicates a statistically significant difference in mean weight between influenza alone and smoke and influenza mice at that time point.Copyright information:Taken from "Cigarette smoke worsens lung inflammation and impairs resolution of influenza infection in mice"http://respiratory-research.com/content/9/1/53Respiratory Research 2008;9(1):53-53.Published online 15 Jul 2008PMCID:PMC2483272.