... analysis of inflammatory cells infiltrating the cystic fibrosis airway mucosa Clin Exp Immunol 2001, 124(1):69-76 35 Livraghi A, Randell SH: Cystic fibrosis and other respiratory diseases of impaired ... largely sophisticated and quantifiable, and the search for novel biomarkers of CF airways disease in this biofluid is under way [16,47] The finding of MPs in sputum raises some intriguing questions ... endothelial cells, granulocytes, monocytes, lymphocytes) following chemical (cytokines, thrombin and endotoxin), physical (shear stress and hypoxia) [17] and apoptotic [18] stimuli One of the first described...