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ID 111641
Author
Ogushi, Fumitaka The University of Tokushima
Maniwa, Koji The University of Tokushima
Ichikawa, Waka The University of Tokushima
Tada, Hiroya The University of Tokushima
Kawano, Tetsuya The University of Tokushima
Keywords
interleukin-8
bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
diffuse panbronchiolitis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
This study was designed to clarify the contribution of IL-8 as a specific neutrophil chemotactic factor in the human respiratory tract in various pulmonary diseases. The neutrophil chemotactic activity(NCA), neutrophil counts and IL-8 concentration in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) obtained from normal volunteers (NV), control patients (CP), patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) and patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) were examined. Neutrophil counts, NCA and IL-8 concentration in BALF obtained from patients with DPB or IPF was significantly higher than that from NV or CP. The IL-8 concentration correlated with neutrophil count and also correlated with NCA in BALF from patients with IPF, whereas there was no correlation between these factors in BALF from DPB. These results suggest that the contribution of IL-8 to neutrophil accumulation of the lower respiratory tract is different between IPF and DPB.
Journal Title
The Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
Publisher
The University of Tokushima School of Medicine
Volume
44
Issue
1-2
Start Page
53
End Page
58
Sort Key
53
Published Date
1997-08
URL ( Publisher's Version )
FullText File
language
eng
TextVersion
Publisher
departments
University Hospital
Medical Sciences