Abstract: Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) is a liquid sample that reflects the biological status of lung tissues, containing a wealth of components such as cells and proteins. These components ...

Background Early-life inflammation has long been recognised as a key pathophysiological process in the evolution of cystic ...

Higher levels in bronchoalveolar lavage also predicted post-lung-transplant primary graft failure and correlated with its grade of severity (59). Apart from RAGE, also surfactant protein D level, an ...

Cancer cells can poison attacking immune cells by filling them with defective mitochondria ― dampening the body’s defensive forces and helping the tumour to evade eradication 1. These findings ...

Eating foods high in key nutrients, including iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12, and limiting alcohol may help increase your red blood cell count. Red blood cells are the most common cells in ...

These are then used to estimate the cell type proportions of each sample, which can then be incorporated to adjust the association analysis. Bronchoalveolar lavage is commonly used to sample the lung ...