Serial segmental bronchoalveolar lavage in individual rats

A E Varner1, R L Sorkness, A Kumar

  • 1Division of Allergy and Immunology, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA.

Summary

Segmental bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in rats allows serial inflammation measurements without euthanasia. This technique provides reliable cellular analysis for longitudinal studies of lung inflammation.

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