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Document 0673
DOCN M9610673
TI Analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage cells in chronic eosinophilic
pneumonia before and during corticosteroid therapy.
DT 9601
AU Takahashi H; Arakawa Y; Oki K; Sugita H; Sakamoto S; Kawabata Y;
Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-TB Association, Tokyo.
SO Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 1995;108 Suppl 1:2-5. Unique Identifier :
AIDSLINE MED/96011675
AB Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed in patients with chronic
eosinophilic pneumonia of unknown origin diagnosed histopathologically,
and the alveolar fluid cells were investigated before and during
corticosteroid therapy. The counts of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar
lavage fluid decreased markedly during steroid therapy compared with
before therapy, and the ratios of interleukin 2 receptor-positive T
cells and HLA DR-positive T cells to all T lymphocytes in the lavage
fluid also decreased. Both before and during steroid therapy, many
macrophages in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid phagocytosed EG2-positive
granules and stained immunohistochemically as CD71-positive 'responsive
macrophages'. The decrease of activated T lymphocytes and the active
phagocytosis of eosinophil granules by macrophages might play an
important role in the mechanism of healing in chronic eosinophilic
pneumonia.
DE Adult Antigens, CD/ANALYSIS Antigens, Differentiation,
B-Lymphocyte/ANALYSIS Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/*CYTOLOGY Case
Report CD4-CD8 Ratio Eosinophils/CHEMISTRY Female Human HLA-DR
Antigens/ANALYSIS Middle Age Pulmonary Eosinophilia/*PATHOLOGY
Receptors, Interleukin-2/ANALYSIS JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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