The survival of purified human blood neutrophils and eosinophils was monitored using microwell cultures. Survival was enhanced in cultures containing human or murine colony-stimulating factors (CSFs). The survival of both cell types was enhanced by purified recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage CSF and partially purified preparations of the native molecule, CSF alpha. Neutrophil but not eosi...

Results A higher mean cell count was obtained using pooled lavage (means of 342 and 304 vs. 243 and 246, p=0000.4). The mean eosinophil percentage was comparable for both methods (for >100 cell count samples, 7% and 4% for single compared to 5% and 5% for pooled lavage, p=0.2). Single sample lavage produced a higher intraclass correlation (ICC) for eosinophil percentage (0.695 vs. 0.583). A cut...

Viral infections induce exacerbations of asthma. One of the earliest host responses to viral infections is the production of innate cytokines including type I interferons (IFNs), such as IFN-beta, which may act to modify airway inflammation. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether IFN-beta modifies the eosinophil adhesion-inducing activity of endothelial cells. Human umbil...

The eosinophilic response has been identified as a key alteration in the pathogenesis of asthma and other allergic diseases. A close-correlation between disease severity and eosinophilia, and the eosinophil ability to provide toxic and pro-inflammatory agents are the major elements supporting the interpretation that there is indeed a causal relationship between these phenomena. Nevertheless, co...

To investigate the role of mast cells in treatment-associated adverse reactions in patients with onchocerciasis, changes in plasma tryptase levels and skin mast cell counts were examined in 2 groups of Onchocerca volvulus-infected subjects after ivermectin treatment. After treatment, an increase in tryptase levels was observed concurrent with the onset of blood eosinopenia and preceding the app...

It has been known that as a result of diabetes several diseases occur in organisms such as parasitic infection. This gives rise to inflammatory conditions associated with mast cells. For the purpose of observing mucosal cells in bladder tissue, streptozotocin diabetic rat bladders were examined with light and electron microscope. A microscopic study of serial sections revealed numerous mast cel...

While interleukin-5 (IL-5) is initially identified by its ability to support the growth and terminal differentiation of mouse B cells in vitro into antibody-secreting cells, recombinant IL-5 exerts pleiotropic activities on various target cells including B cells, eosinophils, and basophils. IL-5 is produced by both hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cells including T cells, granulocytes, and n...

BACKGROUND Eosinophils not only defend the body against parasitic infection but are also involved in pathological inflammatory allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and contact dermatitis. Clearance of apoptotic eosinophils by macrophages is a key process responsible for driving the resolution of eosinophilic inflammation and can be defective in allergic diseases. However, enhance...

Eosinophil arrest and recruitment to the airway in asthma are mediated, at least in part, by integrins. Eosinophils express α4β1, α6β1, αLβ2, αMβ2, αXβ2, αDβ2, and α4β7 integrins, which interact with counter-receptors on other cells or ligands in the extracellular matrix. Whether a given integrin-ligand pair mediates cell adhesion and migration depends on the activation state of the integrin. I...

p resendy, the eosinophil is recognized as a proinflammatory granulocyte imphcated in protection against parasitic infection and hkely plays a major rote in allergic diseases, such as bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis (1). The eosinophil is a rich source of cytotoxic proteins, hpid mediators, oxygen metabohtes, and cytokines: all with the potential to induce pathophysio...