...E. Arvå; U. Dahlgren; R. Lock; B. Andersson This study describes the antibody response to two bacterial antigens, pneumolysin toxoid (PL) and purified pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide (PPS) 19F, in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and in serum in rats after aerosol immunization with whole killed...

...R. Louis; L. Van Tulder; M. Poncelet; J.L. Corhay; P. Mendez; M. Radermecker We have compared the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) cellular composition and the BAL cell lysate histamine content (fluorometric assay) in 28 stable mild to moderate asthmatics (atopic n = 18 and intrinsic n = 10...

...Hisaho Takahashi; Yukako Arakawa; Kazuhiko Oki; Hironobu Sugita; Shoichi Sakamoto; Yoshinori Kawabata Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed in patients with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia of unknown origin diagnosed histopathologically, and the alveolar fluid cells were investigated before...

... and differential counts in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids were studied at different time intervals after challenge in different animals, and tracheal pathology was performed to detect the allergic airway inflammation. For comparison with the study in animals treated with CME, a BAL study in animals...

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... to produce ovalbumin (OA). For comparison rats were immunised twice in the Peyer’s patches (PP), 3 weeks apart, with the same bacteria. Bile, serum and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) were collected from both groups and the levels of antibodies directed against 06 lipopolysaccharide (LPS), type 1 fimbriae...

..., the mice were also exposed to an aerosol of emulsified DHA-TG or soybean oil, or saline (days 7 and 15–17). Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) to methacholine was measured, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was obtained 24 h after the last challenge (day 18). Lungs were histologically examined. Results...

.... Methods: We used crude mite extract as an allergen to create a sensitization and inhalation challenge, and performed bronchoalveolar lavages (BAL) after the inhalation challenge to observe the degree of eosinophilic airway inflammation in guinea pigs. Various anti–cytokines (anti–IL–3 and anti–IL–5...