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Fig. 3 | Clinical Epigenetics

Fig. 3

From: Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling shows a distinct epigenetic signature associated with lung macrophages in cystic fibrosis

Fig. 3

Bronchoalveolar lavage cell cytospins. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples were obtained from tertiary airways in the right upper lobe of subjects. BAL cells were isolated and prepared as cytospins as described in the “Methods” section. BAL cells from healthy subjects are a mostly homogeneous population of cells (lung macrophages (LM)) with oval to reniform nuclei and abundant cytosol (open arrow) (a). Cytospins of BAL cells from CF subjects (CD15-depleted) (b) show a majority population of LMs (open arrow) as well as smaller roundish cells with darker staining nuclei and less cytosol (blue arrowheads) and cells containing variably shaped and stained nuclei (black arrowheads). Images shown are representative of multiple subjects

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Clinical Epigenetics

ISSN: 1868-7083

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