TY - JOUR
T1 - Induced sputum cellularity
T2 - Reference values and distribution in normal volunteers
AU - Spanevello, Antonio
AU - Confalonieri, Marco
AU - Sulotto, Franca
AU - Romano, Francesco
AU - Balzano, Gianni
AU - Migliori, Giovanni Battista
AU - Bianchi, Achille
AU - Michetti, Giovanni
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Sputum induction has recently been proposed as the only direct noninvasive method for measuring airway inflammatory indices. The reference values and the distribution of cells in induced sputum in a control population have not yet been well defined. We therefore evaluated data from a large number of healthy volunteers. One hundred fourteen healthy, nonatopic, nonsmoking volunteers without airway hyperreactivity were enrolled (age: 38 ± 13 yr [mean ± SD]; FEV1: 105 ± 10% predicted; provocative dose of methacholine inducing a 20% decrease FEV1 > 3,200 μg). Ninety-six subjects (84%) produced adequate analysis samples. The subjects had a normal age distribution. Their induced sputum was rich in macrophages (69.2 ± 13%) and neutrophils (27.3 ± 13%), and poor in eosinophils (0.6 ± 0.8%), lymphocytes (1.0 ± 1.2%), and epithelial cells (1.5 ± 1.8%). Only macrophages and neutrophils showed a normal distribution; total and differential counts of other cells did not. We propose that these data be used in comparison of the induced sputum cells of normal subjects and those of patients with airway inflammation.
AB - Sputum induction has recently been proposed as the only direct noninvasive method for measuring airway inflammatory indices. The reference values and the distribution of cells in induced sputum in a control population have not yet been well defined. We therefore evaluated data from a large number of healthy volunteers. One hundred fourteen healthy, nonatopic, nonsmoking volunteers without airway hyperreactivity were enrolled (age: 38 ± 13 yr [mean ± SD]; FEV1: 105 ± 10% predicted; provocative dose of methacholine inducing a 20% decrease FEV1 > 3,200 μg). Ninety-six subjects (84%) produced adequate analysis samples. The subjects had a normal age distribution. Their induced sputum was rich in macrophages (69.2 ± 13%) and neutrophils (27.3 ± 13%), and poor in eosinophils (0.6 ± 0.8%), lymphocytes (1.0 ± 1.2%), and epithelial cells (1.5 ± 1.8%). Only macrophages and neutrophils showed a normal distribution; total and differential counts of other cells did not. We propose that these data be used in comparison of the induced sputum cells of normal subjects and those of patients with airway inflammation.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10988149
AN - SCOPUS:0033835713
VL - 162
SP - 1172
EP - 1174
JO - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
JF - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
SN - 1073-449X
IS - 3 I
ER -