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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2018 Jul 18;80:73–79. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2018.07.006

Table 1:

Condition Effects on AElIs Effects on Surfactant Homeostasis Phenotypic Changes in Alveolar Macrophages Functional Changes of Alveolar Macrophages
Chronic Alcohol Use Disorder ↑Lipid Synthesis35
↓junctional proteins46,55
↓GM-CSF receptors
↑Total and free cholesterol,
↑cholesteryl ester in lavage, PL, PC, and PG47
↑ M2 phenotype5,35,37
↑ “foamy” cytopathology35
↓Phagocytosis34,37,39,45
↓Chemotaxis and Cytokine production34,37,39,45
↓ GM-CSF receptor,
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) Normal lipid synthesis ↑Free and esterified cholesterol51 ↑ “foamy” cytopathology21,51 ↓Phagocytosis56
↓Chemotaxis, and bacterial killing33
↓Cytokine production
↓Surfactant clearance
↓ GM-CSF signaling
GM-CSF KO mice Normal lipid synthesis ↑Surfactant proteins in alveolar space15,53
↑Sat PC57,58
↑ Mixed M1/M2 phenotype
↑ “foamy” cytopathology21
↓Phagocytosis17,41,59
↓Bacterial Killing41,59
↓Cytokine production17,18
↓Surfactant clearance14,18,39
↓ GM-CSF signaling