a strong trendp = 0.07
Lung airspace inflammation, evaluated by the number of neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), was significantly reduced in all MSC-treated mice (MSCs transfected with empty plasmid or MC, pANGPT1, or MC-ANGPT1 compared to LPS/PBS group), while mice receiving MC-ANGPT1-transfected MSCs showed a strong trend towards reduced lung inflammation compared to pANGPT1-transfected MSCs ( p = 0.07) (Fig. 2 b).