Evidence for a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte alveolitis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients

B Autran, CM Mayaud, M Raphael, F Plata, M Denis… - Aids, 1988 - journals.lww.com
A T8 lymphocyte alveolitis occurs in HIV-positive patients, even in the absence of any lung
infections or tumors. Using the monoclonal antibody (MAb) D44, the CD8+ T cells can be …

Soluble versus cell-bound CD4, CD8 from bronchoalveolar lavage: correlation with pulmonary diagnoses in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals

SK Willsie, BL Herndon, L Miller… - Journal of Leucocyte …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Identification and assessment of cell populations in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
specimens may be used to follow the course of a disease state or response to specific …

Interleukin-8 and leukotriene B4 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from HIV-infected patients with bacterial pneumonia

E Krarup, J Vestbo, TL Benfield, JD Lundgren - Respiratory medicine, 1997 - Elsevier
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients are at increased risk of contracting
bacterial infections, mainly pneumonia. Despite this, little is known about immunopathogenic …

Utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of pulmonary infections in immunosuppressed patients.

LR Menon, S Divate, VN Acharya… - The Journal of the …, 2002 - europepmc.org
AIM: To evaluate the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in immunocompromised
patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We studied BAL cytology and microbiological culture …

Response of mononuclear cells from HIV-infected patients to B-cell mitogens: correlation with immunological and clinical features of disease progression

AS Edelman, S Zolla-Pazner - AIDS, 1990 - journals.lww.com
Proliferation of mononuclear cells from HIV-seropositive patients to B-cell mitogens was
studied in the absence and presence of mixed lymphocyte culture supernatants (MLC-sup) …

Functional activity of alveolar and peripheral cells in patients with human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and pulmonary tuberculosis

M da Glória Bonecini-Almeida, E Werneck-Barroso… - Cellular …, 1998 - Elsevier
We compared the peripheral and pulmonary response to assess the phagocytic activity of
monocytes/macrophages and neutrophils and the lymphoproliferative response (LPR) …

Clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in immunocompromised hosts

RJ PISANI, AJ WRIGHT - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1992 - Elsevier
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) has been used extensively for assessment of
immunocompromised hosts with pulmonary infiltrates. Reported estimates of the diagnostic …

Functionally relevant changes occur in HIV-infected individuals' alveolar macrophages prior to the onset of respiratory disease

MCI Lipman, MA Johnson, LW Poulter - Aids, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To compare the progression and non-progression of HIV infection among 418
injecting drug users (IDU) and 422 homosexual men with documented dates of HIV …

Flow cytometric evaluation of lymphocyte subpopulations in BALF of healthy smokers and nonsmokers.

G Hoser, J Kawiak, J Domagała-Kulawik… - Folia histochemica et …, 1999 - europepmc.org
The purpose of this work was to evaluate the normal lymphocyte phenotype in the
bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). BAL was carried out in 12 untreated healthy …

The epidemiology of HIV-1 infection of the lung in AIDS patients

JR Clarke, IK Taylor, J Fleming, A Nukuna… - Aids, 1993 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To examine the relationship between HIV-1 infection of cells obtained by
bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) from the lung and the pathogenesis of AIDS. Design …