Fig. 5

ERCs alleviated ALI by modulating the frequency of DCs. Flow cytometric analysis of splenic DC population was performed in the normal control, untreated and ERC-treated groups. ERC treatment dramaticlly lowered the frequency of CD11c⁺MHCII⁺ cells in ALI mice compared with those of untreated ALI mice. Bar graphs represent mean ± SEM of three separate experiments. p values were determined by one-way ANOVA. Data show are representative of three separate experiments performed. (^## p < 0.01 versus the normal control group. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 versus the untreated group, n = 6)