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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"bronchoalveolar lavage"”.
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Galectin binding proteins in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage -in healthy and pathological conditions
… we identified galectin binding proteins from bronchoalveolar lavage of asthma patients and healthy individuals, additionally we compared the binding of galectin-3 and galectin-8 that are expressed in different sites of the lung. We found when functionally grouping the bound proteins that …
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An investigation into nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage and endotracheal suctioning in critically ill infants and children
… physiotherapy procedures: nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage (NB-BAL) and endotracheal (ET) suctioning. General aims: To investigate un- or poody-documented complications of paediatric NBBAL and ET suctioning, and to test a method for each procedure of reducing the incidence and/or …
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Adaptation of Three Different Apoptotic Methods in Equine Bronchoalveolar Cells and Comparison of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cell Apoptosis in Normal and COPD Affected Horses Before and After Dexamethasone Administration
… linear relationship was found for equine bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) lymphocytes stained with 7-AAD and Annexin/PI . No relationship was identified with cells stained with PI/Triton-X and Annexin/PI, and 7-AAD and PI/Triton-X indicating that methods which preserve cell membrane …
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Utility of newer and novel technologies for the diagnosis and treatment-monitoring of tuberculosis using different biological fluids
… other than sputum such as blood, urine and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, are thus increasingly being used for diagnostic purposes. However, there is a low yield of rapid diagnostic tools, and the use of recently released commercially available technologies for tuberculosis diagnosis requires …
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Chemokinrezeptorexpression auf T-Zellen in bronchoalveolärer Lavage und peripherem Blut bei Kindern mit chronischer Bronchitis und interstitiellen Lungenerkrankungen
… cells were compared in peripheral blood (PB) and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of children with chronic bronchitis and interstitial lung diseases. Methods: BAL was performed in 70 children. According to clinical, macroscopic and cytological findings 37 children were selected for the study …
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The role of autophagy in allergic inflammation: a new target for severe asthma
… 5 5. Airway resistance measurements 6 6. Bronchoalveolar lavage and lunghistology 6 7. Cytokine levels in lung BALfluid 7 8. The measurement ofLC3expression 8 9. Electron microscopy 8 10. Atg5 knockdown 8 11. Double immunofluorescence staining 10 12. Data analysis 10 III.RESULTS 12 1. The …
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Immune Dysfunction in Cystic Fibrosis
… show increased cytokine expression in sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples in CF patients. To determine if this is secondary to the chronic inflammatory environment of the lungs or innate to CF immune cells itself, leukocytes were isolated from peripheral blood and stimulated with LPS …
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Pharmacokinetics and pulmonary distribution of Draxxin® (tulathromycin) in healthy adult horses
… were used. Drug concentrations in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples were determined by ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry and pharmacokinetic parameters calculated using noncompartmental analysis. Following SC and IM administration, all horses …
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Exogenous Lipoid Pneumonia in Children: A Systematic Review and Case Series from South Africa
… and interlobular septal thickening (8/9). All bronchoalveolar lavage specimens appeared cloudy/milky, with abundant lipid laden macrophages and extracellular lipid on Oil-Red-O staining and documented polymicrobial (6/12) and Mycobacterium abscessus (2/12) co-infection. Antibiotics, systemic …
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Biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation in biological samples collected from recurrent airway obstruction (RAO)-affected horses and their controls
… biomarkers in exhaled breath condensate (EBC), bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), red blood cells, white blood cells, and plasma; and cytokine expression in airway inflammatory cells and mucosal biopsies of RAO-affected horses and their controls. Sixteen horses in pairs were used: 8 …
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Analysis of Immunomodulatory Effects of Vitamin D in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Airway Remodeling in Allergic Airway Inflammation.
… increased cellular infiltrate in their bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, decreased vimentin and N-cadherin with increased expression in E-cadherin in the epithelium compared to HRA mice on a vitamin D-sufficient diet. Finally, vitamin D-deficient HRA mice were analyzed for the effect of …
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Effects of mannan oligosaccharide on immune function and disease resistance in pigs
… in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cells at d 7 PI was characterized by using microarray and real time RT-PCR. The MOS x PRRSV interaction altered the gene expression in the above leukocytes (P < 0.05). In peripheral blood mononuclear cells, MOS increased …
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The Administration of P2Y12 Antagonist (P113) Attenuates Airway hyperresponsiveness and Airway Inflammation in an Ovalbumin (OVA) Specific Allergic Asthma Model
… (AHR), cell composition and cytokine levels in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid were evaluated.Human eosinophil EOL-1 cells were treated with LTE4 with or without pre-treatment of P113. Intracellular expression of ECP was evaluated by Western blot, secreted levels of ECP in cell culture …
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Comparative efficacy of three common treatments for equine recurrent airway obstruction
… clinical parameters, pulmonary function testing, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) cytology and BALF cell expression of the cytokines IFN-? and IL-4 Animals - 6 horses with recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) Procedures - Clinical examination, pulmonary function test, and collection of BALF prior …
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Myeloid-Specific ARNT Signaling Drives Sex-Based Differences in Acrolein-Induced Pulmonary Toxicity
… 24-hour timepoint, single-cell RNA sequencing, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cytokine profiling, and immune cell phenotyping revealed that female Arnt-a transgenic mice exhibited attenuated neutrophilic inflammation, reduced proinflammatory cytokine expression, and accumulation of FOXP3+ …
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Genetic Effect of ALOX15 Polymorphisms on Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease
… pathogenesis. Elevated levels of 15(s)-HETE in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were demonstrated in severe asthmatics and aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD). To investigate genetic contribution of ALOX15 in the development of AERD, we performed the genetic association of ALOX15 …
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Novel and newer nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of TB
… MTB/RIF (Xpert) test on non-sputum specimens (bronchoalveolar lavage fluid [BALF], tracheal aspirates, and cerebrospinal fluid [CSF]) from South African patients with suspected TB (the accuracy of Xpert using these fluids was unknown at the time this work was performed). Methodology: Biological …
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The Comparison of Airway Responses of Normal Horses Fed Round Bale versus Square Bale Hay
… endoscopic) and samples (tracheal aspirate (TA), bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)) collected for cytology and/or bacterial/fungal culture. Hay was analyzed for nutritional value and bacterial/fungal content. Results – Horses fed RBH demonstrated an increase in pharyngeal lymphoid hyperplasia …
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The regulation of allergic airway disease by type V collagen-induced tolerance
… utilized to determine local Il17 transcripts. Bronchoalveolar lavage levels of C3a¸ C5a and OVA-specific IgE were measured; and immunohistochemistry utilized to detect expression of complement regulatory proteins, expression, CD46/Crry and CD55, in lung tissue. Results: Compared to normal …
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Mechanisms of HIV-Nef Induced Endothelial Cell Stress: Implications of HIV-Nef Protein Persistence in Aviremic HIV Patients
… (i) extracellular vesicles (EV) of plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and (ii) PBMC and BAL derived cells. Here I demonstrate that the presence of HIV-Nef protein in cells and EV is capable of stressing endothelial cells by inducing ROS production leading to endothelial cell …
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