Cell types | | | | | | |
Unciliated cells | 65.2 (11.6), n = 19 | 53.7 (19.1), n = 19 | 30.9 (19.5), n = 17 | 23.7 (10.5), n = 13 | 16.6 (4.5), n = 9 | 21.0 (9.5), n = 16 |
Mucous gland cells | 9.3 (5.9), n = 19 | 9.1 (4.4), n = 19 | 8.2 (4.3), n = 17 | 10.7 (4.0), n = 13 | 11.3 (4.8), n = 9 | 9.9 (4.8), n = 16 |
Dead cells | 9.1 (5.4), n = 19 | 4.0 (6.6), n = 19 | 0.4 (1.8), n = 17 | 0.0 (0.0), n = 13 | 0.0 (0.0), n = 9 | 0.0 (0.0), n = 16 |
Epithelial cells | | | | | | |
% ciliary losses† | 97.8 (4.9), n = 18 | 86.0 (13.6), n = 17 | 57.9 (16.2), n = 17 | 30.5 (17.0), n = 13 | 17.5 (9.1), n = 9 | 24.1 (10.1), n = 16 |
Projection | 85.4 (7.0), n = 19 | 74.3 (18.2), n = 19 | 46.4 (16.3), n = 17 | 30.9 (16.6), n = 13 | 16.0 (6.4), n = 9 | 23.2 (9.1), n = 16 |
Cytoplasmic blebs | 47.6 (19.4), n = 18 | 31.4 (17.3), n = 19 | 26.0 (10.5), n = 17 | 18.8 (9.2), n = 13 | 9.8 (3.1), n = 9 | 14.2 (6.3), n = 16 |
Mitochondria | 59.7 (12.6), n = 19 | 34.2 (14.7), n = 19 | 21.6 (8.8), n = 17 | 13.4 (10.9), n = 13 | 10.6 (4.1), n = 9 | 11.9 (7.7), n = 16 |
Epithelial integrity | 3.8 (0.9), n = 19 | 2.8 (0.5), n = 19 | 1.7 (0.5), n = 17 | 1.3 (0.4), n = 13 | 0.7 (0.4), n = 9 | 1.3 (0.5), n = 16 |
Detached single cells (live+dead) | | | | | | |
Ciliated cells | 9.3 (6.4), n = 19 | 6.2 (5.8), n = 19 | 2.3 (5.3), n = 17 | 1.4 (4.5), n = 13 | 0.0 (0.0), n = 9 | 0.0 (0.0), n = 16 |
Unciliated cells | 14.9 (9.6), n = 19 | 6.2 (9.9), n = 19 | 0.7 (2.7), n = 17 | 0.4 (1.3), n = 13 | 0.0 (0.0), n = 9 | 0.0 (0.0), n = 16 |
Ciliary ultrastructures | | | | | | |
Dynein arms | 3.1 (5.2), n = 14 | 1.2 (2.1), n = 17 | 0.9 (1.2), n = 17 | 1.5 (1.5), n = 13 | 1.8 (1.0), n = 9 | 1.8 (3.2), n = 19 |
Microtubule | 4.9 (4.3), n = 15 | 3.5 (3.7), n = 17 | 2.0 (1.4), n = 17 | 1.7 (1.6), n = 13 | 1.6 (1.1), n = 9 | 2.3 (2.1), n = 19 |