Eosinophilic activity and bronchial hyperresponsiveness within an asthmatic paediatric population
| Autor: | Mahfoud Messarah, Arlette Tridon, Amel Boumendjel, S. Meharzi, Mohamed Salah Boulakoud, Sylvie Ughetto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Immunology Population Immunoglobulin E Sensitivity and Specificity Serology Atopy Population Groups Eosinophilic medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy Eosinophilia Child education Asthma education.field_of_study biology business.industry Eosinophil Cationic Protein General Medicine Prognosis medicine.disease Eosinophils Bronchial hyperresponsiveness Disease Progression biology.protein Female Bronchial Hyperreactivity medicine.symptom business Biomarkers |
| Zdroj: | Allergologia et Immunopathologia. 40:301-305 |
| ISSN: | 0301-0546 |
| Popis: | Background Our study aims to assess the importance of serum eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) levels as a non-invasive marker of bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) in children with asthma, and may predict objectively the asthmatic severity and sensitivities. Methods This study, which was carried out on 75 asthmatic patients from a paediatric population (average age: nine years old, sex-ratio M/F: 1.64), is based on both interrogation conducted by the clinician and biological explorations, essentially serological testing of ECP and eosinophilia determination, as well as the measurement of serological IgE amounts. Results The analysis of the questionnaires and the biological results allowed us to evaluate the clinico-biological relations within this population. ECP, more than eosinophilia, proves to be a relevant marker of asthma severity (p Conclusion We were able to show that the evaluation of the serological levels of ECP seems to be a good biological marker of asthma. |
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