Table 3 Histopathology scores of exposed and control pregnant and non-pregnant groups immediately after delivery on GD 19 (PND 0) and 50Â days later (PND 50)
From: Effects of prenatal inhalation exposure to copper nanoparticles on murine dams and offspring
Experimental Group | Number of mice per group | Histopathology Scorea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alveolar macrophages | Alveolar debris | Perivascular cuffingb | |||
Exposed | Pregnant, PND 0 | n = 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.75 |
Non-Pregnant, PND 0 | n = 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | |
Pregnant, PND 50 | n = 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | |
Non-Pregnant, PND 50 | n = 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.2 | |
Shams | Pregnant, PND 0 | n = 4c | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Non-Pregnant, PND 0 | n = 4c | 0 | 0 | 0 | |