Article
[Phenotype of alveolar lymphocytes--theoretical and practical implications].
Przeglad lekarski - 1 Jan 2000
Kopiński P
Abstract excerpt
Actual characteristics of alveolar lymphocytes was presented, including author's own experience, i.e. bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) lymphocyte typing in over 450 patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and bronchial asthma. In healthy individuals as well as in the patients, alveolar lymphocyte population is dominated by T cell subset. Alveolar T lymphocytes present primed memory cell phenotype and usually...
Topics
- Asthma
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- CD4-CD8 Ratio
- Humans
- Lung Diseases, Interstitial
- Lymphocyte Subsets
- Macrophages, Alveolar
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Alveoli
