Endostatin and Cathepsin-V in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Patients with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

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W. Naumnik ◽  
M. Ossolińska ◽  
I. Płońska ◽  
E. Chyczewska ◽  
J. Nikliński
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Yasuaki Kotetsu ◽  
Toyoshi Yanagihara ◽  
Kunihiro Suzuki ◽  
Hiroyuki Ando ◽  
Daisuke Eto ◽  
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Sarcoidosis is a systemic, granulomatous disease caused by unknown immunological abnormalities. The organs most vulnerable to sarcoidosis are the lungs. Patients often resolve spontaneously, but the lungs can also be severely affected. Although details regarding prognostic factors in sarcoidosis patients with lung involvement remain unclear, several reports have suggested that immune checkpoint molecules are involved in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis. In this study, we divided sarcoidosis patients into two groups based on chest computed tomography (CT) findings and compared immune checkpoint molecules expressed on T cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in the two groups, using flow cytometry. We found elevated programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) or T cell immunoglobulin- and mucin-domain-containing molecule-3 (TIM-3) expression on T cells in BALF in patients with spontaneous improvement in CT findings, compared with those in patients without improvement in CT findings. In conclusion, our study implies that PD-1 or TIM-3 expression on T cells in BALF may be a prognostic factor for pulmonary lesions in sarcoidosis.


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