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This information confirmed our finding that the predominant Th1 bias in COPD/emphysema reflects the microenvironment unique to the lungs of ex-smoker individuals.
In a separate experiment, Kheradmand's team showed that lung lymphocytes taken from patients with emphysema secreted more of three other proteins—interferon gamma, monokine induced by interferon (MIG), and interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10)—than control patients.
Twenty-eight non-atopic ex-smoker individuals (see Table 1) undergoing medically necessary lung resection were serially entered into the study: ten individuals with no COPD and no evidence of emphysema (control group) and eighteen individuals (diseased group) with moderate to severe COPD and evidence of emphysema as determined by pulmonary function tests, high-resolution computed tomography (CT), or conventional CT scan.
Thirteen-month-old rats (10 months after the induction of emphysema) were killed by CO 2 inhalation and the diaphragm was quickly harvested en bloc with the ribcage intact and immersed in oxygenated Ringer's solution buffered to pH 7.4 with 10 mM 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazine ethanesulphonic acid.
High-resolution CT (two in emphysema group and two in control group) or conventional CT analysis was used to detect emphysema, characterized by the presence of areas of low attenuation contrasted with surrounding normal lung parenchyma [32,33].