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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2013 Jan 28;13(3):552–561. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12091

Table 2.

Significant BAL Parameters with Highly or Moderately Replicable Associations with BOS.

Parameter Direction of Association HIGH MOD.
Cell Composition
Neutrophils (5–42)
T-regulatory cells (45, 46)
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (51–53)
Cytokines, Chemokines, Growth Factors
IL-6 (17, 27–29, 31, 57, 59, 88)
IL-8 (5, 10–12, 18, 19, 23, 25–31, 35, 55–59).
ET-1 (52, 64)
CCL2/MCP-1 (23, 27, 56, 59, 62, 63)
CCL5/RANTES (18, 23, 56, 59)
MIG/CXCL9 (63, 65)
IP-10/CXCL10 (44, 65)
Innate Immune Components
SP-A (74–76)
SLPI (5, 14, 19, 73)
CCSP (20, 68, 69)
Neutrophil Elastase (14, 21, 73, 77, 89)
Alpha Defensins/HNPs (5, 66–69)
Matrix Metalloproteinases
MMP-9 (6, 15, 55, 57–59, 73, 76, 82)
Oxidative Stress
Myeloperoxidase (7, 10, 14, 25, 26, 59)
Oxidized/Reduced Glutathione (7, 26, 84)
Methionine Sulfoxide (7, 14)