Bronchial biopsies
Prognostic value of p53 and Ki67 expression in fiberoptic bronchial biopsies of patients with non small cell lung cancer
... We have shown the utility of p53 and Ki67 immunos- taining of bronchial biopsies in NSCLC. Our data indi- cate that p53 and Ki67 immunostaining of small size specimens obtained during diagnostic procedures ...
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Clinco pathological study of bronchial biopsies: A prospective study from a tertiary care hospital in Kashmir valley
... of bronchial biopsies in diagnosis of different lung lesions, study the correlation between sex of patients and to find correlation between clinical Two year prospective study conducted in the Department of ...
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STAT6 expression in T cells, alveolar macrophages and bronchial biopsies of normal and asthmatic subjects
... and bronchial biopsies as previously described ...and bronchial biopsies were resuspended with mechanical disruption in 30-100 l of 1 × reporter lysis buffer (Pro- mega, Southampton, UK) with ...
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Expression of mRNA for interleukin 5 in mucosal bronchial biopsies from asthma
... mucosal biopsies from asthmatics and controls, using the technique of in situ ...hybridization. Bronchial biopsies were obtained from 10 asthmatics and 9 nonatopic normal ...
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Morphometric analysis of inflammation in bronchial biopsies following exposure to inhaled diesel exhaust and allergen challenge in atopic subjects
... IL-13, which are considered to play an important role in the mucus hyper-secretion, thickening and contraction of airway smooth muscle in atopic asthmatic patients [22–25]. Asthma is a phenotypically heterogeneous dis- ...
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Overexpression of leukotriene C4 synthase in bronchial biopsies from patients with aspirin intolerant asthma
... in bronchial biopsies and BAL fluid. BAL fluid and bronchial mucosal biopsies were obtained 15 and 20 min, respectively, after segmental challenge with 10 mg lys-aspirin in 10 AIA and 6 ATA ...
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Association of current smoking with airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asymptomatic smokers
... Analyses were performed using SPSS for Windows 10.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). Values of p < 0.05 were consid- ered statistically significant. Clinical data were expressed in means (± SD) or geometric means ...
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PI3K, p38 and JAK/STAT signalling in bronchial tissue from patients with asthma following allergen challenge
... Bronchoscopy was performed after the subjects had been sedated. BAL was collected from the right or left upper lobe. The bronchoscope was wedged in the bronchus and a maximum of 4 × 60 ml aliquots of pre-warmed sterile ...
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Effects of inhaled corticosteroids on airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... The results of the selected studies were divided into two groups for analysis, ie, the bronchoalveolar lavage group and the bronchial biopsy group. For each group, we sum- marized treatment effects as the weighted ...
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Expression of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in chronic idiopathic cough
... of bronchial biopsies from non-asthmatic chronic cough patients reveal an increase in mast cells in the submucosa, with also marked changes in airway wall remodelling such as subepithelial fibrosis, goblet ...
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Advanced glycation endproducts and their receptor in different body compartments in COPD
... in bronchial biopsies. First, we collected biopsies from the central airways whereas oxidative stress might predominantly exist in the peripheral airways, and thereby also the formation of ...
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Airway pathology in COPD : smoking cessation and pharmacological treatment intervention. Results from the GLUCOLD study
... The patients recruited for the GLUCOLD study had to meet the in- and exclu- sion criteria as discussed in the introduction. These comprised: GOLD stage II and III, no maintenance treatment with inhaled steroids in the ...
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The innate immune response of equine bronchial epithelial cells is altered by training
... to bronchial biopsies al- though the magnitude of TLR mRNA expression was amplified during in vitro ...human bronchial epithelial cells (HBEC) ...
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Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 and lung function decline with or without long-term corticosteroids treatment in COPD
... subsequent study in COPD patients we have shown that the MRP1 gene plays a role in the severity of COPD, since rs212093 and rs4148382 in MRP1 were associated with less respectively more airway wall inflammation and a ...
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A CLINICAL STUDY OF EFFICACY OF GUDAVLEHA IN TAMAK SHWAS W.S. R. TO BRONCHIAL ASTHAMA .......
... dicate that the drosin constituent of Picrorhiza kurroa prevented allergen- and platelet activating factor- induced bronchial obstruction when given to guinea pigs via inhalant and oral routes. In vitro histamine ...
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Accuracy of identification of tissue types in endoscopic esophageal mucosal biopsies used for molecular biology studies
... research biopsies, review of histopathology from the clinical biopsies showed a higher prevalence of heterogeneity in the clinical biopsy samples, 121 ...
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Anastomotic Airway Complications after Lung Transplantation
... Results: A total of 76 LTx cases (75 recipients) were analyzed. The mean age of the recipients was 49.55 years (range, 18–71 years), and 38 (49.4%) were male. Twenty-one out of 76 cases (27.6%) experienced early ...
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Emerging concepts in liquid biopsies
... However, before liquid biopsies can serve as viable diagnostic assays, pre-analytical steps, such as the collec- tion of biofluid (e.g., blood, serum, plasma), centrifugation settings, isolation reagents, and ...
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Are synovial biopsies of diagnostic value?
... Synovial biopsy in routine clinical practice Synovial biopsy is not normally required for routine diag- nostic or therapeutic purposes in patients with established arthritis. However, examination of synovial tissue can ...
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Intra-patient comparison of parietal pleural biopsies by rigid forceps, flexible forceps and cryoprobe obtained during medical thoracoscopy: a prospective series of 80 cases with pleural effusion
... Furthermore, our study demonstrated the safety of the use of cryotechnique during medical thoracoscopy. No biopsy-related complications such as major bleeding or pain after tearing the probe were noted. These findings ...
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