Bronchoalveolar-Lavage-Derived Fibroblast Cell Lines Provide Tools for Investigating Various Interstitial Lung Diseases.
Cells
; 11(14)2022 07 18.
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| ID: mdl-35883669
ABSTRACT
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is an important diagnostic and research tool for the investigation of various lung diseases. In addition to inflammatory and epithelial cells, BAL fluid may contain a small number of stromal cells, such as fibroblasts. During the past 30 years, a number of research groups have cultured BAL-derived fibroblasts for several passages in vitro. In addition to fibroblasts, these cultures have been reported to contain fibrocytes, myofibroblasts, and stem cells. We aim to present a summary of studies that have cultured stromal cells from BAL fluid.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Lung Diseases, Interstitial
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Therapeutic Irrigation
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Cells
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Finland
Country of publication:
CH
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SUIZA
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SUÍÇA
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SWITZERLAND