Advanced search
Publication Cover
Ultrastructural Pathology Volume 25, 2001 - Issue 1
Submit an article Journal homepage
15
Views
3
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Ultrastructural Heterogeneity of the Alveolar Macrophages from Tobacco Smokers with Chronic Bronchitis

Vasiliy V. Polosukhin, Lidia S. Manouilova, Debra J. Romberger, Kim I. Matthews, Samuel J. Pirruccello, William West, David M. Daughton, Tajuddin Millatmal, Takeshi Umino, Stephen I. Rennard Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Unicversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Pages 5-11 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

References

  • Bowden DH. The alveolar macrophage. Environ Health Perspect. 1984; 55: 327–341.
  • van Furth R, Blusse van Oud Alblas A. The current view of pulmonary macrophages. Pathol Res Pract. 1982; 175: 38–49.
  • Linden M, Rasmussen JB, Piitulainen E, Tunek A, Larson M, Tegner H, Venge P, Laitinen LA, Brattsand R. Airway inflammation in smokers with nonobstructive and obstructive chronic bronchitis. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1993; 148: 1226–1232.
  • Sun G, Stacey MA, Vittori E, Marini M, Bellini A, Kleimberg J, Mattoli S. Cellular and molecular characteri stics of inflammation in chronic bronchitis. Eur J Clin Invest. 1998; 28: 364–372.
  • Vignola AM, Chanes P, Chippara G. Release of transforming growth factor- beta (TGF- beta) and fbronectin by alveolar macrophages in airway diseases. Clin Exp Immunol. 1996; 106: 114–119.
  • Bidani A, Wang CZ, Heming TA. Early effects of smoke inhalation on alveolar macrophage functions. Burns. 1996; 22: 101–106.
  • Harris JO, Swenson EW, Johnson JE. Human alveolar macrophages: comparison of phagocytic ability, glucose utilization, and ultrastructure in smokers and nonsmokers. J Clin Invest. 1970; 49: 2086–2096.
  • Skold CM, Lundahl J, Hallden G, Hallgren M, Eklund A. Chronic smoke exposure alters the phenotype pattern and the metabolic response in human alveolar macrophages. Clin Exp Immunol. 1996; 106: 108–113.
  • Nakstad B, Lyberg T, Skjorten F, Boye NP. Subpopulations of human lung alveolar macrophages: ultrastructural features. Ultrastruct Pathol. 1989;13:1–13.
  • Pratt SA, Smith MH, Ladman AG, Finley TN. The ultrastructure of alveolar macrophages from human cigarette smokers and nonsmokers. Lab Invest. 1971; 24: 331–338.
  • Skold CM, Barck C, Lundahl J, Johansson A. Different functional and morphological characteristics in a nonadherent subpopulation of human macrophages recovered by broncholaveolar lavage. Eur Respir J. 1995; 8: 1719–1724.
  • Rennard SI, Ghafouri M, Thompson AB, Linder J, Vaughan W, Jones K, Ertl RF, Christensen K, Prince A, Stahl MG, Robbins RA. Fractional processing of sequential bronchoalveolar lavage to separate bronchial and alveolar samples. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1990; 141: 208–217.
  • Umino T, Skold CM, Pirruccello SJ, Spurzem JR, Rennard SI. Two- colour flow- cytometric analysis of pulmonary alveolar macrophages from smokers. Eur Respir J. 1999; 13: 894–899.
  • Kradin RL, McCarthy KM, Preffer FI, Schneeberger EE. Flow- cytometric and ultrastructural analysis of alveolar macrophage maturation. J Leuk Biol. 1986; 40: 407–417.
  • Sorokin SP, Hoyt RF, Grant MM. Development of macrophages in the lungs of fetal rabbits, rats and hamsters. Anat Rec. 1983; 208: 103–121.
  • van Hal PT, Wijkhuijs JM, Mulder PG, Hoogsteden HC. Proliferation of mature and immature subpopulations of bronchoalveolar monocytes/ macrophages and peripheral blood monocytes. Cell Prolif. 1995; 28: 533–543.
  • Herlighy JP, Vermeulen MW, Joseph PM, Hales CA. Impaired alveolar macrophage function in smoke inhalation injury. J Cell Phys. 1995;163:1–8.
  • Kumar RK, Lykke AW. Messages and handshakes: cellular interactions in pulmonary fbrosis. Pathology. 1995;27:18–26.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.