 Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
"Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Washing liquid obtained from irrigation of the lung, including the BRONCHI and the PULMONARY ALVEOLI. It is generally used to assess biochemical, inflammatory, or infection status of the lung.
| Descriptor ID |
D001992
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.927.100.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids
- Lavage Fluid, Bronchoalveolar
- Lavage Fluids, Bronchoalveolar
- Bronchial Alveolar Lavage Fluid
- Pulmonary Lavage Fluid
- Lavage Fluid, Pulmonary
- Lavage Fluids, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Lavage Fluids
- Lavage Fluid, Bronchial
- Lavage Fluid, Lung
- Lung Lavage Fluid
- Lavage Fluids, Lung
- Lung Lavage Fluids
- Alveolar Lavage Fluid
- Alveolar Lavage Fluids
- Lavage Fluid, Alveolar
- Lavage Fluids, Alveolar
- Bronchial Lavage Fluid
- Bronchial Lavage Fluids
- Lavage Fluids, Bronchial
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| 1996 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 1997 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 1998 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 1999 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2000 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2001 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2002 | 1 | 16 | 17 | | 2003 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 2004 | 1 | 21 | 22 | | 2005 | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 2006 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2007 | 4 | 11 | 15 | | 2008 | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 2009 | 4 | 13 | 17 | | 2010 | 4 | 14 | 18 | | 2011 | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 2012 | 3 | 17 | 20 | | 2013 | 6 | 18 | 24 | | 2014 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2015 | 3 | 14 | 17 | | 2016 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2017 | 3 | 12 | 15 | | 2018 | 2 | 8 | 10 | | 2019 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2020 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2021 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2022 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid" by people in Profiles.
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Bhargava M, Weise DO, Barkes BQ, Jagtap PD, Mehta S, Lock EF, Kakoty B, Perlman DM, Dincer EH, Restrepo CI, Griffin TJ, Fingerlin TE, Li L, King-Biggs M, Maier LA. Comprehensive proteomic classifier for molecular characterisation of pulmonary sarcoidosis: protocol for a longitudinal multi-centre study to evaluate bronchoalveolar fluid and cell diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of pulmonary sarcoidosis. BMJ Open. 2026 Apr 28; 16(4):e118207.
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Frey JS, Grogg MW, Hoisington AJ, Wong BA, Mumy KL, Mauzy CA. In vivo lung microbiome alterations from burn pit emissions and/or sand inhalation exposures. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1693310.
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Fought MK, Hong G, Quinn AC, Wagner BD, Robertson CE, Harris JK, Laguna TA. Molecular Methods to Detect and Quantify Fungal Communities in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Specimens. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2026 Apr; 61(4):e71598.
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Löwe M, Roeder F, Wedekind D, Dittrich-Breiholz O, Ruwisch J, Hansen J, Ruppert C, Wrede C, Hegermann J, Smith BJ, Knudsen L. Deep inflations maintain surfactant function and alveolar fluid balance in lungs with reduced surfactant protein B levels during mechanical ventilation. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2025 Dec 01; 139(6):1549-1568.
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Scharf G, Davidson CR, Ustiyan V, Falkenberg LG, Adavalli A, Meeker JD, Morgan H, Ostmann AJ, Hudock KM, Brewington JJ, Clancy JP, Kramer EL. TGF-ß induces excessive pulmonary IL-6 secretion in cystic fibrosis via PI3K. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2025 Oct 01; 329(4):L470-L479.
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Tejwani V, Putcha N, Woo H, Liu C, Lafon D, Alexis NE, Azar A, Barr RG, Barjaktarevic I, Bowler RP, Comellas A, Couper DJ, Fawzy A, Han MK, Hansel NN, Kaner RJ, Krishnan JA, Marchetti N, Martinez FJ, Ohar J, O'Neal W, Ortega VE, Paine Iii R, Pottinger TD, Stämpfli M, Ruvuna L, Woodruff PG, Freeman CM, Huang YJ, Curtis JL. Associations of serum and bronchoalveolar immunoglobulins with lung microbiota diversity, B-cell memory phenotypes, and COPD morbidity and exacerbations. Respir Res. 2025 Jul 18; 26(1):250.
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Gibb M, Reinert AN, Schedin T, Merrick DT, Brown JM, Bauer AK. Mast cells are key mediators in the pulmonary inflammatory response to formaldehyde exposure. Toxicol Sci. 2025 May 01; 205(1):180-190.
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Kam MLW, Tjong ELH, Chaudhary S, Koelsch TL, Pryor JB, Koslow M, Mohning MP, Solomon JJ, Huie TJ, Swigris JJ, Fernández Pérez ER. Development and validation of a clinical, CT, genomic classifier and BAL scoring system for diagnosing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Eur Respir J. 2025 Mar; 65(3).
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Raja AI, Connor RI, Ashare A, Weiner JA, Wieland-Alter WF, Godin A, Modlin JF, Ackerman ME, Brickley EB, Wright PF. Binding and neutralising antibodies to respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A virus in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of healthy adults in the United States: A cross-sectional study. Vaccine. 2025 04 19; 53:126936.
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Kim M, Parrish RC, Tisza MJ, Shah VS, Tran T, Ross M, Cormier J, Baig A, Huang CY, Brenner L, Neuringer I, Whiteson K, Harris JK, Willis AD, Lai PS. Host DNA depletion on frozen human respiratory samples enables successful metagenomic sequencing for microbiome studies. Commun Biol. 2024 Nov 28; 7(1):1590.
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