Table 7 of Pelikan, Mol Vis 2013; 19:1453-1470.


Table 7. Mean numbers of particular cell types in tears (per microscopic field at 250×magnification) during the positive SLCR and PBS challenge (n=13).

Cells Before the challenge After the challenge (h)
1/2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 24 28
Eosinophils
-SICR 0.5 1 0.5 0 1 4* 5* 4* 4.5* 3* 0.5 0 0 0 0.5 0.5
-PBS 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.5
Neutrophils
-SICR 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4* 4* 3* 2* 0 0 0 0 0.1
-PBS 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Basophils
-SICR 0 0 0 0.2 0.5* 0.3* 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-PBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mast cells
-SICR 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-PBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lymphocytes
-SICR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1* 1* 0.5 0 0
-PBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monocytes
-SICR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-PBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goblet cells
-SICR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3* 0 0 0 0
-PBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epithelial cells
-SICR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.5 2.5* 3* 2.5* 0.4 0 0 0 0
-PBS 1 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0