title: Interleukin 8 (IL-8) in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and patients at risk for ARDS.
abstract: A sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay was used to measure interleukin 8 (IL-8) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from control subjects, patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery, a risk factor for developing ARDS. Concentrations of IL-8, albumin, total protein and numbers of neutrophils were higher in both patient groups than in controls. Levels of IL-8 were significantly correlated with the influx of neutrophils, plasma protein extravasation and with the PaO2/FiO2 ratio. These data suggest that IL-8 may mediate the recruitment of neutrophils from the vascular compartment into the alveolar space and may therefore be an important determinant in neutrophil-mediated lung injury. Since increased levels of IL-8 were also found in BAL fluid from patients at risk in whom ARDS did not develop, other factors are likely to be involved and IL-8, as well as other markers of inflammation, are of little prognostic use.
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Antwerp (UIA), Belgium.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Jorens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Damme
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: De Backer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bossaert
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: De Jongh
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rampart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000276:immunology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8