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The protease-antiprotease imbalance is thought to be involved in a variety of destructive lung diseases: pulmonary emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis and adult respiratory distress syndrome. Bronchoalveolar lavage allowed the investigators to assess the protease-antiprotease shift in such conditions but sometimes gave conflicting results. The role of bronchoalveolar lavage as a research and diagnostic tool in diseases characterised by protease-antiprotease imbalance is reviewed, as well as its potential usefulness in the near future.

Protease-antiprotease imbalance: local evaluation with bronchoalveolar lavage.

LUISETTI, MAURIZIO;PEONA, VITTORIA
1992-01-01

Abstract

The protease-antiprotease imbalance is thought to be involved in a variety of destructive lung diseases: pulmonary emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis and adult respiratory distress syndrome. Bronchoalveolar lavage allowed the investigators to assess the protease-antiprotease shift in such conditions but sometimes gave conflicting results. The role of bronchoalveolar lavage as a research and diagnostic tool in diseases characterised by protease-antiprotease imbalance is reviewed, as well as its potential usefulness in the near future.
1992
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Internazionale
STAMPA
59 Suppl 1
24
27
1579728
Bronchitis; enzymology, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; enzymology, Chronic Disease, Endopeptidases; metabolism, Humans, Lung Diseases; Obstructive; enzymology, Pulmonary Emphysema; enzymology, Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Adult; enzymology, Smoking; metabolism, alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, alpha 1-Antitrypsin; metabolism
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Luisetti, Maurizio; P. D., Piccioni; A. M., Donnetta; A., Bulgheroni; Peona, Vittoria
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