| Quantification of neutrophil migration into the lungs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | |
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PMID: 21308374 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: To quantify neutrophil migration into the lungs of patients with chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD). METHODS: Neutrophil loss via airways was assessed by dedicated whole-body counting 45 min, 24 h and 2, 4, 7 and 10 days after injection of very small activities of (111)In-labelled neutrophils in 12 healthy nonsmokers, 5 healthy smokers, 16 patients with COPD (of whom 7 were ex-smokers) and 10 patients with bronchiectasis. Lung accumulation of (99m)Tc-labelled neutrophils was assessed by sequential SPECT and Patlak analysis in six COPD patients and three healthy nonsmoking subjects. RESULTS: Whole body (111)In counts, expressed as percentages of 24 h counts, decreased in all subjects. Losses at 7 days (mean ± SD) were similar in healthy nonsmoking subjects (5.5 ± 1.5%), smoking subjects (6.5 ± 4.4%) and ex-smoking COPD patients (5.8 ± 1.5%). In contrast, currently smoking COPD patients showed higher losses (8.0 ± 3.0%) than healthy nonsmokers (p = 0.03). Two bronchiectatic patients lost 25% and 26%, indicating active disease; mean loss in the remaining eight was 6.9 ± 2.5%. The rate of accumulation of (99m)Tc-neutrophils in the lungs, determined by sequential SPECT, was increased in COPD patients (0.030-0.073 min(-1)) compared with healthy nonsmokers (0-0.002 min(-1); p = 0.02). CONCLUSION: In patients with COPD, sequential SPECT showed increased lung accumulation of (99m)Tc-labelled neutrophils, while whole-body counting demonstrated subsequent higher losses of (111)In-labelled neutrophils in patients who continued to smoke. Sequential SPECT as a means of quantifying neutrophil migration deserves further evaluation. |
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Prina Ruparelia; Katherine R Szczepura; Charlotte Summers; Chandra K Solanki; Kottekkattu Balan; Paul Newbold; Diana Bilton; A Michael Peters; Edwin R Chilvers |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-10 |
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Title: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging Volume: - ISSN: 1619-7089 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-2-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101140988 Medline TA: Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK. |
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