Table 5.

BALF immunopathology biomarkers in right and left lung.

Biomarkers	Right lung (n = 28)	Left lung (n = 28)	p
sTREM (ng/mg protein), median (IQR)	1.23 (0.89–2.88)	1.16 (0.82–2.46)	.179
Alveolar macrophage
% (Macrophage cells/CD45+, HLA-DR+, CD11b+), median (IQR)	7.30 (2.75–10.20)	6.00 (2.45–10.05)	.909
MFI CD169, median (IQR)	701 (347.50–858.50)	610 (347–948.50)	.855
IL-6 (pg/mg protein), median (IQR)	332.02 (153.29–612.24)	270.41 (124.28–514.67)	.187
IL-17 (pg/mg protein), median (IQR)	7.56 (5.32–9.77)	5.68 (4.54–9.29)	.072
CD4 T-cells (cells/μL), median (IQR)	14 (8.5–24)	28 (15.5–53.50)	.001
Foxp3+ CD25+/CD4 (%), median (IQR)	19.64 (13.09–30.67)	14.38 (10.93–25.95)	.524
Caspase 3 (ng/mg protein), median (IQR)	0.82 (0.44–1.44)	0.70 (0.40–1.27)	.305
SP-A (ng/mg protein), median (IQR)	15.26 (9.32–19.48)	13.07 (10.97–14.66)	.194