Chest, Vol 95, 574-577, Copyright © 1989 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Phenotype of blood monocytes and alveolar macrophages in interstitial lung disease

HC Hoogsteden, JJ van Dongen, PT van Hal, M Delahaye, W Hop and C Hilvering
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

The immunologic phenotype of the monocyte-macrophage cell populations in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and monocytes in peripheral blood (PB) were studied in 20 patients with sarcoidosis, 18 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), seven with extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA), and 12 healthy volunteers. There were no significant differences in expression of the immunologic markers CD13(My7), CD14(My4), and Monocyte-2 on blood monocytes between the patient groups and healthy volunteers, but there were marked differences between groups in the expression of the three markers on BAL macrophages. The percentage of Monocyte-2+ macrophages was increased in BAL in subjects with sarcoidosis, EAA, and IPF compared with healthy volunteers, greatest in EAA. This increase is probably due to increased recruitment of blood monocytes into alveoli, since the cells had a monocytic morphology on phase contrast microscopy (in normal subjects the majority of blood monocytes, but few alveolar macrophages, express the Monocyte-2 antigen). Patients with IPF had a significantly lower percentage of CD13(My7)+ macrophages in BAL than the other three groups. Compared with IPF patients and healthy volunteers, patients with EAA had a significantly higher percentage of CD14(My4)+ macrophages, whereas in sarcoidosis patients the numbers were reduced. These observations suggest an increased influx of blood monocytes into the alveoli in interstitial lung disorders. Phenotypic differences were found between the BAL macrophage populations of the various interstitial diseases. These differences in alveolar macrophage phenotype may be due to local factors, depending on the type of inflammation.

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