Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Histamine Levels in Interstitial Lung Diseases

Inflammatory and immune processes in the human lung in health and disease: evaluation by bronchoalveolar lavage.

1979 • 958 citations

Biologic properties of homogeneous interleukin 3. I. Demonstration of WEHI-3 growth factor activity, mast cell growth factor activity, P cell-stimulating factor activity, colony-stimulating factor activity, and histamine-producing cell-stimulating factor activity

1983 • 702 citations

Interstitial lung disease: Current concepts of pathogenesis, staging and therapy

1981 • 549 citations

Biologic properties of homogeneous interleukin 3. I. Demonstration of WEHI-3 growth factor activity, mast cell growth factor activity, p cell-stimulating factor activity, colony-stimulating factor activity, and histamine-producing cell-stimulating factor activity.

1983 • 465 citations

Interleukin 3: A differentiation and growth factor for the mouse mast cell that contains chondroitin sulfate E proteoglycan.

1984 • 390 citations

Interleukin 4 as an essential factor for in vitro clonal growth of murine connective tissue-type mast cells.

1987 • 268 citations

Ultrastructure of pulmonary mast cells in patients with fibrotic lung disorders.

1979 • 266 citations

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Pretreatment bronchoalveolar lavage cellular constituents and their relationships with lung histopathology and clinical response to therapy.

1987 • 253 citations

Bronchoalveolar Lavage: Role in the Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management of Interstitial Lung Disease

1985 • 240 citations

Sarcoidosis: Clinical Features and Management

1967 • 194 citations

Prognostic Role of Eosinophils in Pulmonary Fibrosis

1987 • 163 citations

Comparison of Gallium-67 Scanning, Bronchoalveolar Lavage, and Serum Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Levels in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

1984 • 107 citations

Mast cells in the human alveolar wall: an electronmicroscopic study.

1981 • 81 citations

Immunopathogenetic roles of leukotrienes in human diseases

1984 • 79 citations

Mast cell and histamine content of human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

1985 • 66 citations

Histamine levels in bronchoalveolar lavage from patients with asthma, sarcoidosis, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis*1

1987 • 57 citations

Evidence of increased histamine levels of lung lavage fluids from patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis.

1981 • 43 citations

FMLP-activated neutrophils evoke histamine release from mast cells

1986 • 39 citations

Morphological and secretory properties of bronchoalveolar lavage mast cells in respiratory diseases

1986 • 37 citations

Staging of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

1986 • 9 citations