Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is essential in evaluating the biochemical efficacy of novel therapies in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD). However, comparing BAL findings among individuals is ...

It has been extremely difficult to determine what proportion of the fluid recovered by lavage represents alveolar ... of the proliferative response of bronchoalveolar mononuclear cells to specific ...

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“The protein was found to be an immunoglobulin, present in large quantities in both serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, so at first I assumed that it was contamination during the ...

Workshop, poster and oral presentation of data given as part of the 8th Annual Antifibrotic Drug Development (AFDD) Summit ...

The function of human airway macrophages can be therapeutically manipulated by targeting cellular metabolism to support immunity in the lung, aiding the design of innovative strategies in respiratory ...

“Involvement of Type 1 Invariant Natural Killer T Cells in Driving Lung Fibrosis,” outlining flow cytometry and quantitative PCR analysis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from IPF patients and healthy ...

EVs are packed with information such as RNA, proteins and lipids. Since our discovery of EVs in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in 2003, we have demonstrated that EVs can have pro-inflammatory functions ...

Fluid in the ear often occurs with an ear infection, especially in kids. The inflammation or congestion that blocks the eustachian tube, a small drainage passageway in your ear, can also be due to ...