Cytokine profiles in the BAL fluid of IgG4-related respiratory disease compared with sarcoidosis

Cytokine profiles in the BAL fluid of IgG₄-related respiratory disease compared with sarcoidosis

ERJ Open Res. 2015 Oct 23;1(2):00009-2015. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00009-2015. eCollection 2015 Oct.

¹ First Dept of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
² Second Dept of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
³ Dept of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
⁴ Dept of Radiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
⁵ Health Administration Center, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan.
⁶ Nagano Prefectural Hospital Organization, Nagano, Japan.

BAL cytokines of IgG₄-RRD patients are more characteristic of the Th2 response than those of sarcoidosis patients http://ow.ly/T2gDV.