Lipid-laden alveolar macrophage

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Lipid-laden alveolar macrophages, also known as pulmonary foam cells,^[2] are cells found in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens that consist of macrophages containing deposits of lipids (fats).^[3] The lipid content of the macrophages can be demonstrated using a lipid targeting stain like Oil Red O or Nile red.^[2]^[4]^[5]^[6] Increased levels of lipid-laden alveolar macrophages are associated with various respiratory conditions, including chronic smoking,^[3] gastroesophageal reflux, lipoid pneumonia, fat embolism,^[7] pulmonary alveolar proteinosis^[3]^[8] and pulmonary aspiration.^[2]^[9] Lipid-laden alveolar macrophages have been reported in cases of vaping-associated pulmonary injury.^[10]^[1]^[11]

The lipid-laden macrophage index (LLMI) can be calculated by counting 100 macrophages in a BAL specimen treated with a lipid stain and scoring each macrophage from 0 to 4 based on the amount of lipids present in the cell.^[7]^[12] A LLMI score greater than 100 is considered positive for pulmonary aspiration. However, the test is limited by poor reproducibility^[7] and low specificity for pulmonary aspiration, as lipid-laden macrophages occur in many respiratory conditions.^[9]

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^ Fowler, S D; Greenspan, P (2017). "Application of Nile red, a fluorescent hydrophobic probe, for the detection of neutral lipid deposits in tissue sections: comparison with oil red O." Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 33 (8): 833–836. doi:10.1177/33.8.4020099. ISSN 0022-1554. PMID 4020099.
^ Augustine S. Lee; James P. Utz. "American Thoracic Society - Bronchoalveolar Lavage". American Thoracic Society. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
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^ Thomassen, Mary Jane; Barna, Barbara P.; Malur, Achut G.; Bonfield, Tracey L.; Farver, Carol F.; Malur, Anagha; Dalrymple, Heidi; Kavuru, Mani S.; Febbraio, Maria (2007). "ABCG1 is deficient in alveolar macrophages of GM-CSF knockout mice and patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis". Journal of Lipid Research. 48 (12): 2762–2768. doi:10.1194/jlr.P700022-JLR200. ISSN 0022-2275. PMID 17848583.
^ ^a ^b Lahiri, Thomas (2014). "The utility of the lipid-laden macrophage index for the evaluation of aspiration in children". Cancer Cytopathology. 122 (3): 161–162. doi:10.1002/cncy.21365. ISSN 1934-662X. PMID 24302605. S2CID 5283645.
^ Maddock, Sean D.; Cirulis, Meghan M.; Callahan, Sean J.; Keenan, Lynn M.; Pirozzi, Cheryl S.; Raman, Sanjeev M.; Aberegg, Scott K. (2019). "Pulmonary Lipid-Laden Macrophages and Vaping". New England Journal of Medicine. 381 (15): 1488–1489. doi:10.1056/NEJMc1912038. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 31491073. S2CID 201869784.
^ Carlos, W. Graham; Crotty Alexander, Laura E; Gross, Jane E; Dela Cruz, Charles S; Keller, Jonathan M; Pasnick, Susan; Jamil, Shazia (September 2019). "Vaping Associated Pulmonary Illness (VAPI)". American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 200 (7): P13–P14. doi:10.1164/rccm.2007P13. hdl:1805/24236. ISSN 1073-449X. PMID 31532695.
^ Yvan Vandenplas (2017). "Gastroesophageal reflux and cystic fibrosis". Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children: GER in Children. Springer. p. 216. ISBN 978-3-319-60678-1.

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