Fig. 5

A–B. (A) Quantification of type 2 associated cytokines, IL-5 and IL-13, eotaxin and RANTES in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, lung tissue homogenate and plasma. (B) Mast cell quantification in lung tissue, and representative images of mast cells (red arrow) stained with toluidine blue (40x magnification, scale bar = 5 μm). All mast cells in each section were counted and normalized to the whole area of each tissue section. The results are displayed as mean ±SD. Statistical comparisons were performed using one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s post hoc test (****P < 0.0001, ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05)