Figure 1
From: Immune response CC chemokines CCL2 and CCL5 are associated with pulmonary sarcoidosis
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) protein levels of chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3 (CCL3) from patients with sarcoidosis were not elevated as compared to normal healthy controls. BALF protein levels of CCL3 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) from (a) all sarcoidosis patients (n = 72) compared with normal healthy volunteers (n = 8), (b) different stages of sarcoidosis (stage I (n = 27), stage II (n = 36) and stage III (n = 9)), (c) sarcoid patients with (n = 27) and without (n = 45) alveolitis, and (d) sarcoidosis patients with (n = 8) and without (n = 64) empirical treatment at the time of diagnosis.