Journal article
Lipid and smoker’s inclusions in sputum macrophages in patients with airway diseases
Abstract
We studied the effect of tobacco smoking on macrophage lipid index and macrophage smokers inclusions in induced sputum in 256 patients (143 non-smokers, 81 ex-smokers and 32 current smokers). Lipid index was, using the Oil red O stain, the sum of the lipid staining droplet score (range 0-4) in 100 macrophages. Smokers inclusions were assessed using Wright's stain and graded as "none", "few", "moderate" or "many". Lipid index was significantly …
Authors
Wilson AM; Nair P; Hargreave FE; Efthimiadis AE; Anvari M; Allen CJ; Group TERS
Journal
Respiratory Medicine, Vol. 105, No. 11, pp. 1691–1695
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.rmed.2011.07.011
ISSN
0954-6111