Subpopulations of cells from bronchoalveolar lavage can predict prognosis in sarcoidosis

Pernilla Darlington; Susanna Kullberg; Anders Eklund; Johan Grunewald

doi:10.1183/13993003.01450-2019

Subpopulations of cells from bronchoalveolar lavage can predict prognosis in sarcoidosis

Eur Respir J. 2020 Jan 30;55(1):1901450. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01450-2019. Print 2020 Jan.

Authors

Pernilla Darlington¹, Susanna Kullberg², Anders Eklund², Johan Grunewald²

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Medicine Division, Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Respiratory Medicine Division, Dept of Medicine Solna and Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Abstract

The higher the proportion of a T-cell subset (CD4⁺Vα2.3⁺ T-cells) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of sarcoidosis patients, the better the prognosis and therefore it may be used as an additional prognostic tool http://bit.ly/2Mta0Cs

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Humans
Prognosis
Sarcoidosis* / diagnosis