Article
Functionally relevant changes occur in HIV-infected individuals' alveolar macrophages prior to the onset of respiratory disease.
AIDS (London, England) - 1 May 1997
Lipman M C, Johnson M A, Poulter L W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We have compared the phenotypic and functional changes found in alveolar macrophages recovered from the lungs of 39 HIV-positive individuals with no respiratory disease with those from 33 HIV-positive individuals with pneumonitis and 31 healthy controls. METHODS: Bronchoalveolar lavage...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- Cell Count
- Female
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- Interleukin-1
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
- Macrophages, Alveolar
