Broncho Alveolar Lavage
AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CELLS FROM BRONCHO ALVEOLAR LAVAGE
... particular, broncho alveolar lavage (BAL) is a simple investigation method carried out during a bronchial endoscopy by injection of sterile physiological salt solution (250 ml) in a pulmonary ...
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Comparison of GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay in Broncho Alveolar Lavage and Gastric Lavage Samples
... Gastric lavage (GL) and Broncho alveolar lavage (BAL) sam- ples in adult patients suspected case of Tuberculosis but not producing ...gastric lavage followed by ...
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Single use and conventional bronchoscopes for Broncho alveolar lavage (BAL) in research: a comparative study (NCT 02515591)
... bronchoscope. Broncho alveolar lavage was performed from a sub segmental bronchus within the right middle lobe; a total of 200 ml of warmed normal saline was instilled then aspirated using handheld ...
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Analysis of cellular and protein content of broncho alveolar lavage fluid from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
... limited broncho-alveolar lavage was done in 58 patients (19 IPF, 7 CHP, and 32 ...the lavage fluids from patients with IPF revealed an inflammatory and eosinophilic response and a significant ...
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Effect of inhaled hydrosoluble curcumin on inflammatory markers in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid of horses with LPS-induced lung neutrophilia
... A broncho-alveolar catheter (BAL catheter 240 cm, Surgivet, Smith Medical, Zaventem, Belgium) was introduced naso-tracheally and forwarded until it became locked in a ...
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Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles from Broncho-alveolar lavage fluid: a review and comparison of different methods
... Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived membranous vesicles secreted by cells into the extracellular space, which play a role in cell to cell communication. EVs are categorized into 3 groups depending on their ...
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Correlation of HRCT with PFT and Broncho Alveolar Lavage in Interstitial Lung Diseases of Collagen Vascular Disorders
... A study by Salaffi F and co workers about subclinical interstitial lung involvement in rheumatic diseases in which they correlated high resolution computerized tomography with functional and cytologic findings. Results ...
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Role of gastric lavage and broncho-alveolar lavage in the bacteriological diagnosis of Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis
... bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in 50 consecutive HIV – negative patients with clinical and radiographic findings suggestive of PTB, but with negative microscopy for ...
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Regeneration of the lung: Lung stem cells and the development of lung mimicking devices
... adult broncho-alveolar lavage ...into alveolar epithelium. These alveolar cells were generated from MSCs derived from human um- bilical cord blood by culturing them in lung-specific ...
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Serotype distribution and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from 17 Chinese cities from 2011 to 2016
... This study was conducted at the Peking University Peo- ple ’ s Hospital, a teaching hospital located in Beijing, China. A total of 881 S. pneumoniae isolates were col- lected from pediatric and adult patients with ...
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PlGF mediates neutrophil elastase-induced airway epithelial cell apoptosis and emphysema
... II alveolar epithelial cell; MAPK: Mitogen-activated protein kinase; BAL: Broncho-alveolar lavage; WT: Wild-type; Egr-1: Early growth response gene-1; JNK: c-Jun N-terminal kinase; PKC: ...
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Biomarkers of acute lung injury: worth their salt?
... the broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of ARDS patients at the time of tracheal intubation ...of lavage samples from patients that these pathological processes coincide in the same lung ...
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Original Article Interleukin-17A promotes paraquat-induced acute lung injury on mice
... in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were determined, changes of cytokines were detected by ELISA, leukocyte and neutrophil in BALF were recorded, lung IL-17A and Nuclear Factor-κB p65 (NF-κB p65) ...
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Management of hypersensivity pneumonitis
... antibodies, broncho-alveolar lavage, antigen-induced lymphocyte proliferation, environmental or laboratory-controlled inhalation challenge and lung ...
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Surfactant Protein A in particles in exhaled air (PExA), bronchial lavage and bronchial wash - a methodological comparison
... Introduction: At present, there are few methods available for monitoring respiratory diseases affecting distal airways. Bronchoscopy is the golden standard for sampling the lower airways. The recently developed method ...
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T Helper 2 Cytokine Analysis of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in the Murine Model of Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis
... Three weeks after ABPA development, broncho alveolar lavage (BAL) was collected from the control and ABPA mice groups. The cytokines levels of BAL were measured using Enzyme-linked immunosorbent ...
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Cardiopulmonary responses during the cooling and the extracorporeal life support rewarming phases in a porcine model of accidental deep hypothermic cardiac arrest
... The lung capillary-alveolar permeability to the macro- molecule (FITC-Dextran70) was measured by broncho- alveolar lavage (BAL) at the end of the experiment. This method was developed in our ...
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Lung epithelial GM-CSF improves host defense function and epithelial repair in influenza virus pneumonia—a new therapeutic strategy?
... the broncho- alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were shown to be associated with antiapoptotic effects and with improved epithelial barrier integrity and survival [40, ...of alveolar as opposed to ...
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ROS generated by pollen NADPH oxidase provide a signal that augments antigen induced allergic airway inflammation
... Recruitment of eosinophils in these models Nonstandard abbreviations used: AHR, airway hyperresponsiveness; BAL, broncho alveolar lavage; DCF, dichlorofluorescein; DPI, diphenyleneiodon[r] ...
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Serum amyloid A – a review
... BALF: Broncho-alveolar lavage fluid; C/EBP: CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein; CD: Circular dichroism; CEH: Cholesterol ester hydrolase; CHO: Chinese hamster cell (line); COPD: chronic obstructive ...
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