ArticleThorax1995
Relationship between cells obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage and survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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- Peptide-guided delivery improves the therapeutic efficacy and safety of glucocorticoid drugs for treating acute lung injury.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2023Article
- Diagnostic and prognostic implications of 2018 guideline for the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in clinical practice.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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- Biomarkers in Progressive Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease: Optimizing Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment Response.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
- Independent Clinical Factors Relevant to Prognosis of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019Article
- Eosinophil alveolitis in two patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2016Article
- Cellular interactions in the pathogenesis of interstitial lung diseases.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2015Review
- Genetic susceptibility to interstitial pulmonary fibrosis in mice induced by vanadium pentoxide (V2O5).FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2014Article
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- Lung mast cell density defines a subpopulation of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.Histopathology · 2012Article
- Oxidative stress, extracellular matrix targets, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.Free radical biology & medicine · 2010Review
- The clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in diffuse parenchymal lung disease.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2010Review
- Relationship between eosinophilia and levels of chemokines (CCL5 and CCL11) and IL-5 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with mustard gas-induced pulmonary fibrosis.Journal of clinical immunology · 2007Article
- Early interstitial lung disease in familial pulmonary fibrosis.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2007Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe relationship between cell types in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and the clinical course of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has been the subject of several studies. However, the results of these studies are not conclusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the absolute and relative cell numbers in BAL fluid from patients with IPF and their survival.
methodsResults obtained from the initial BAL fluid analyses of all histologically proven cases of IPF (n = 49) were selected retrospectively. Cox's proportional hazards survival analysis was used for estimating the relationship between absolute and relative cell numbers and survival.
resultsA negative relationship was found between both the absolute numbers and percentages of eosinophils in BAL fluid samples and survival. No such relationship was demonstrated for the absolute numbers or the percentages of any other cell type.
conclusionsAlthough this study has restrictions, these findings suggest a negative relationship between the absolute numbers and percentages of eosinophils in BAL fluid samples and survival in patients with IPF.
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