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Journal Article
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cellular profile in workers exposed to chrysotile asbestos
2011
Overview
The cellular profile of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in asbestos-exposed population remains controversial. We, therefore, aimed to investigate BALF in apparently healthy individuals that were exposed in asbestos-related work for a long period of time. Participants were selected among employees of a car brakes and clutches factory that used chrysotile asbestos. Selection criteria were an employment history of ≥15 years and the absence of severe respiratory disease. The total number and type of BALF cells, the existence of dust cells, iron-laden macrophages and asbestos bodies were assessed. Thirty-nine workers (25 men), with a mean age of 46.2 ± 4.2 years and a mean employment time of 23.5 ± 4 years, participated. Asbestos bodies were observed in 14 out of 39 (36%) specimens, dust cells in 37 and iron-laden macrophages in all. Those with asbestos bodies had at least 3 times higher probability to have lymphocytosis (lymphocytes > 11%: 64% vs 28%, p = 0.027) and had an increased percentage of iron-laden macrophages compared to those without asbestos bodies (median values: 42% vs 13%, p = 0.08). Smokers (36%) had less lymphocytes compared to non and ex-smokers (median values: 6% vs. 13%, p = 0.002), and iron-laden macrophages count had a positive relation (r = 0.31, p = 0.05) to lymphocyte count. Asbestos-exposed asymptomatic individuals with the presence of asbestos bodies in the BALF are more likely to have lymphocytic alveolitis while concurrent dust exposure and smoking habits hold a significant role.
Publisher
SAGE Publications,Sage Publications Ltd
Subject
/ Age
/ Air Pollutants, Occupational
/ Air Pollutants, Occupational - toxicity
/ Asbestos
/ Asbestos, Serpentine - toxicity
/ Bronchitis, Chronic - chemically induced
/ Bronchitis, Chronic - immunology
/ Bronchitis, Chronic - pathology
/ Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
/ Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - chemistry
/ Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - cytology
/ cytology
/ Dust
/ Female
/ Greece
/ Humans
/ Iron
/ labor
/ Lavage
/ Lymphocytosis - chemically induced
/ Male
/ Oxidative Stress - drug effects
/ Smoking
/ toxicity
