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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Known as: Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar, Proteinoses, Pulmonary Alveolar, LUNG, ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS 
A PULMONARY ALVEOLI-filling disease, characterized by dense phospholipoproteinaceous deposits in the alveoli, cough, and DYSPNEA. This disease is… 
National Institutes of Health

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ChestIn BloodLungLysinuric Protein Intolerance

Narrower (4)

Congenital Deficiency of Pulmonary Surfactant Protein BPulmonary alveolar proteinosis, congenitalSurfactant Metabolism Dysfunction, Pulmonary, 3Surfactant Metabolism Dysfunction, Pulmonary, 4

Broader (3)

Lung diseasesairway diseaseproteinosis

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2015
2015
Enhanced release of a chemoattractant for alveolar macrophages after asbestos inhalation.
Alveolar macrophage supernatants from 2 groups of asbestos-exposed rats and a group of sham-exposed rats were tested for… 
2003
2003
Transforming Growth Factor-1 Decreases Expression of the Epithelial Sodium Channel ENaC and Alveolar Epithelial Vectorial Sodium and Fluid Transport via an ERK 1 / 2-dependent Mechanism *
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 30919977
From the §Laboratory of Surgical Research, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Lung Biology Center, Departments of Anesthesia… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Increased numbers of hypodense alveolar macrophages in patients with bronchial asthma.
Alveolar macrophages (AM) are among the cells involved in the bronchial inflammation of asthma. It has been shown that AM are a… 
1986
1986
Spontaneous hydrogen peroxide release from alveolar macrophages of some cigarette smokers.
Alveolar macrophages were retrieved by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) from 30 patients, 24 smokers and six nonsmokers. The… 
1986
1986
Phenotypic analysis of alveolar macrophages in normal subjects and in patients with interstitial lung disease.
Cytospin preparations of mononuclear inflammatory cells were made from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid obtained from 15 patients… 
1986
1986
Dissolution and reassembly of tubular myelin-like multilamellated structures from the lungs of patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
Tubular myelin-like multilamellated structures that accumulate in the alveoli of patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis are… 
1984
1984
Expression of Ia-like (DR) antigen on human alveolar macrophages isolated by bronchoalveolar lavage.
Alveolar macrophages isolated by bronchoalveolar lavage from nonsmoking patients with sarcoidosis, interstitial pulmonary… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Origin and kinetics of pulmonary macrophages during an inflammatory reaction induced by intravenous administration of heat-killed bacillus Calmette-Guerin
This report gives a quantitative description of the kinetics of the pulmonary macrophages and their direct precursors during the… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
In vitro response of alveolar macrophages to infection with Coccidioides immitis
Alveolar macrophages obtained from rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) by bronchial lavage were observed to phagocytize endospores… 
1962
1962
Alveolar fenestrae. Relationship to the pathology and pathogenesis of pulmonary emphysema.
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