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Farmer's Lung

 
 
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Disease relevance of Farmer's Lung

 

High impact information on Farmer's Lung

  • TNF bioactivity was measured after hay dust challenge in eight patients with farmer's lung (Group A) and in 12 healthy, sensitized (antibody-positive) controls (Group B) [5].
  • Pulmonary glutathione levels in acute episodes of Farmer's lung [6].
  • In the present study, we measured the concentrations of elafin, a newly described, low-molecular-weight serine proteinase inhibitor, SLPI, and alpha1(PI) in BAL fluids from eight healthy subjects, 13 asymptomatic farmers, seven farmers with active farmer's lung (FL), and seven farmers with previous (Ex) FL [7].
  • In farmer's lung, the CD4/CD8 ratio in smokers was 6.2 +/- 1.9 (N = 6) in contrast with 3.4 +/- 0.7 for nonsmokers (N = 16) (p less than 0.05) [8].
  • Sera from other disease groups including sera from 13 patients with farmer's lung, 16 with tuberculosis, and 10 individuals with positive prick test to either A. fumigatus or Alternaria alternata were also tested by both types of assay [9].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Farmer's Lung

 

Anatomical context of Farmer's Lung

 

Gene context of Farmer's Lung

  • Role of interleukin-2 in the development and persistence of lymphocytic alveolitis in farmer's lung [17].
  • Serologically detectable HLA-A, B, and C loci antigens in farmer's lung disease [18].
  • However, sera from farmer's lung patients showed cross-reactivity against antigens from different species [19].
  • There was a mild but significant negative correlation between LYS and farm size in the farmers' lung subjects assessed in winter [20].
  • RESULTS: Patients with acute farmer's lung had significantly higher levels of SP-A than asymptomatic farmers and normal controls (p = 0.005) with mean (SE) values of 1.43 (0.29) micrograms/ml, 0.62 (0.09) microgram/ml, and 0.68 (0.11) microgram/ml, respectively [21].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Farmer's Lung

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