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Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome induces myofibroblast differentiation.

Objective: Myofibroblasts express alpha-smooth muscle actin (alphaSMA), are important in tissue repair, and are present in the early phase of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS). We wished to determine whether bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from ALI/ARDS patients can induce myofibroblast differentiation and if this induction is associated with outcome.

Design: A single-center cohort study enrolling patients between 2002 and 2005.