• E A Kogan, O N Kichigina, S A Demura, and V I Osipenko.
• Arkh. Patol. 2012 May 1;74(3):37-43.

AbstractSarcoidosis is a group of diseases with chronic immune inflammation and granulomas formation in the lung, lymph nodes, and others organs. Under progress of disease remodeling of the lung tissue occurs and at 20-25% of patient with sarcoidosis lung fibrosis is developed. We studied biopsies from 50 patients with sarcoidosis and 10 biopsies of pathological intact lung tissue as a control group. Roentgenologic, morphologic and immunohistochemical methods with using of mono- and polyclonal antibody to MMP 1, 2, 9 and TIMP-1, PCNA, aSMA, apo-CAS were realized. The expression levels of growth factors, apoptosis, MMPs, TIMPs were different in various clinic-morphological courses of sarcoidosis. As a rule under sarcoidosis deep remodeling of lung tissue didn't occur in spite of granulomatous inflammation. Granulomatous process, alveolitis (bronchiolitis) and sclerotic changes resulted in alteration of the lung. Cells of sarcoidosis granulomas, produced low level of MMPs and TIMP can't induce evident fibrosis and so hypertension is absent or becomes apparent in the slight form. It apparently can be link with localization of pathologic process in lung tissue without any alterations in the bronchoalveolar zone. Alveolitis under sarcoidosis conditions is notable for low activity of inflammation and doesn't result in interstitial fibrosis developing.

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