SUPPRESSIVE BALF LYMPHOCYTE PHENOTYPE IN A PATIENT WITH PROLONGED STABLE ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS

Authors
PANAGOU P LOUKIDES S TSIPRA S KALOGEROPOULOS N
Citation
P. Panagou et al., SUPPRESSIVE BALF LYMPHOCYTE PHENOTYPE IN A PATIENT WITH PROLONGED STABLE ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS, Respiration, 65(1), 1998, pp. 79-82
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Respiration → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257931
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
79 - 82
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7931(1998)65:1<79:SBLPIA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The case history of a 25-year-old man suffering from idiopathic alveol ar proteinosis is described. The patient showed a prolonged stable mil d disease and a distinct suppressive phenotypic profile of BALF lympho cytes. Specifically, a low T4/T8 ratio and a high percentage of CD11b T8 lymphocytes was found. Correlations with disease expression are ma de.