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Phenotypic characterization of T cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and peripheral blood of patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis; the importance of cytotoxic T cells.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Feb 1997
Kawakami K, Kadota J, Iida K, Fujii T, Shirai R, Matsubara Y, Kohno S
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the contribution of T cells in diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) by identifying T cell subsets in BALF of 36 patients with DPB, before and after long-term treatment with macrolide antibiotics, and 16 healthy control subjects. The percentages of lymphocytes and CD3+ gammadelta+ cells...
Topics
- Adult
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Infections
- Blood Cells
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Cell Adhesion Molecules
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Macrolides
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- T-Lymphocytes