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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E05.927.100.500
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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Therapeutic Irrigation [E05.927]
Bronchoalveolar Lavage [E05.927.100]
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid [E05.927.100.500]

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Bar chart showing 83 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	1	2
1996	2	2	4
1997	0	3	3
1999	0	1	1
2000	2	0	2
2002	0	2	2
2003	0	5	5
2004	1	3	4
2005	1	3	4
2006	0	3	3
2007	1	4	5
2008	0	4	4
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	4	5
2011	0	2	2
2012	0	5	5
2013	0	3	3
2014	1	5	6
2015	0	3	3
2016	0	3	3
2017	0	3	3
2018	1	1	2
2019	0	2	2
2020	0	4	4
2021	0	3	3
2025	1	1	2

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Cardoso KF, de Souza LRA, Martins DS, da Silva Santos BS?, de Carvalho KRA, da Silva Messias SG, de Faria Gon?alves AP, Do Nascimento Mac?rio RR, de Jesus DJF, De Mendon?a ?ngelo ALP, de Paula Pereira L, Nascimento SLM, Kano FS, Alves PA, Xavier MAP, Martins-Filho OA, Russo RC, Gazzinelli RT, Miyaji EN, Garcia CC, de Magalh?es Vieira Machado A, Ara?jo MSS. Safety and efficacy of an intramuscular bivalent vaccine against influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in mice. Med Microbiol Immunol. 2025 Aug 29; 214(1):39.

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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, St?mpfli 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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Pisu D, Huang L, Narang V, Theriault M, L?-Bury G, Lee B, Lakudzala AE, Mzinza DT, Mhango DV, Mitini-Nkhoma SC, Jambo KC, Singhal A, Mwandumba HC, Russell DG. Single cell analysis of M. tuberculosis phenotype and macrophage lineages in the infected lung. J Exp Med. 2021 09 06; 218(9).

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Zhao Y, Kilian C, Turner JE, Bosurgi L, Roedl K, Bartsch P, Gnirck AC, Cortesi F, Schulthei? C, Hellmig M, Enk LUB, Hausmann F, Borchers A, Wong MN, Paust HJ, Siracusa F, Scheibel N, Herrmann M, Rosati E, Bacher P, Kylies D, Jarczak D, L?tgehetmann M, Pfefferle S, Steurer S, Zur-Wiesch JS, Puelles VG, Sperhake JP, Addo MM, Lohse AW, Binder M, Huber S, Huber TB, Kluge S, Bonn S, Panzer U, Gagliani N, Krebs CF. Clonal expansion and activation of tissue-resident memory-like Th17 cells expressing GM-CSF in the lungs of severe COVID-19 patients. Sci Immunol. 2021 02 23; 6(56).

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Opron K, Begley LA, Erb-Downward JR, Freeman C, Madapoosi S, Alexis NE, Barjaktarevic I, Graham Barr R, Bleecker ER, Bowler RP, Christenson SA, Comellas AP, Cooper CB, Couper DJ, Doerschuk CM, Dransfield MT, Han MK, Hansel NN, Hastie AT, Hoffman EA, Kaner RJ, Krishnan J, O'Neal WK, Ortega VE, Paine R, Peters SP, Michael Wells J, Woodruff PG, Martinez FJ, Curtis JL, Huffnagle GB, Huang YJ. Lung microbiota associations with clinical features of COPD in the SPIROMICS cohort. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2021 02 05; 7(1):14.

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D'Agostino MR, Lai R, Afkhami S, Khera A, Yao Y, Vaseghi-Shanjani M, Zganiacz A, Jeyanathan M, Xing Z. Airway Macrophages Mediate Mucosal Vaccine-Induced Trained Innate Immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Early Stages of Infection. J Immunol. 2020 11 15; 205(10):2750-2762.

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Norman KC, O'Dwyer DN, Salisbury ML, DiLillo KM, Lama VN, Xia M, Gurczynski SJ, White ES, Flaherty KR, Martinez FJ, Murray S, Moore BB, Arnold KB. Identification of a unique temporal signature in blood and BAL associated with IPF progression. Sci Rep. 2020 07 21; 10(1):12049.

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Zhang WZ, Oromendia C, Kikkers SA, Butler JJ, O'Beirne S, Kim K, O'Neal WK, Freeman CM, Christenson SA, Peters SP, Wells JM, Doerschuk C, Putcha N, Barjaktarevic I, Woodruff PG, Cooper CB, Bowler RP, Comellas AP, Criner GJ, Paine R, Hansel NN, Han MK, Crystal RG, Kaner RJ, Ballman KV, Curtis JL, Martinez FJ, Cloonan SM. Increased airway iron parameters and risk for exacerbation in COPD: an analysis from SPIROMICS. Sci Rep. 2020 06 29; 10(1):10562.

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Suchankova M, Urban J, Ganovska M, Tibenska E, Szaboova K, Tedlova E, Sandor F, Majer I, Bobovcak M, Jonner I, Konig B, Bucova M. TREM-1 and TREM-2 Expression on CD14+ Cells in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in the Context of T Cell Immune Response. Mediators Inflamm. 2020; 2020:9501617.

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Medina MA, Onken AM, de Margerie-Mellon C, Heidinger BH, Chen Y, Bankier AA, VanderLaan PA. Preoperative bronchial cytology for the assessment of tumor spread through air spaces in lung adenocarcinoma resection specimens. Cancer Cytopathol. 2020 04; 128(4):278-286.

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