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Time Course of Endotoxin-Induced Airways' Inflammation in Healthy Subjects.
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PMID:  21207124     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Few data are available on the kinetic of the airways' inflammation induced by inhaled endotoxin in a given subject. The purpose of this study was to evaluate in healthy subjects the time-related endotoxin-induced airways' inflammation. The cells counts from the induced-sputum were evaluated before, 6 and 24 h, and 7 days after an exposure to 20 mcg inhaled endotoxin, in eight pre-selected volunteers. To avoid interference of the induced-sputum procedure on the response to endotoxin, each time-point was evaluated in randomized order at 2-weeks interval after three separate inhalations of endotoxin. A significant rise of the relative number of lymphocytes (p < 0.05) and polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN; p < 0.02) and of the absolute number of PMN (p < 0.05) occurring at 6 h, followed by an increase of the absolute number of the total viable cells (p < 0.01), macrophages (p < 0.001), neutrophils (p < 0.01), and lymphocytes (p < 0.05) at 24 h after endotoxin inhalation. The inflammatory response recovered totally after 7 days. In human beings, the inhalation of endotoxin induced a transient airway inflammation after 6 h, peaked at 24 h and recovered after 7 days. When repeated endotoxin inhalations are used as a model of inflammation, a wash-out period of at least 7 days should be applied between each exposure in each subject.
Authors:
Virginie Doyen; Zaina Kassengera; Duc Huy Phong Dinh; Olivier Michel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-1-5
Journal Detail:
Title:  Inflammation     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1573-2576     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-1-5     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7600105     Medline TA:  Inflammation     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Clinics of Immuno-allergology, CHU Brugmann (Université Libre de Bruxelles-ULB), pl Van Gehuchten, 4, 1020, Brussels, Belgium.
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