Revisiting differences between atopic and non-atopic asthmatics: When age is shaping airway inflammatory profile

Autor: Sara Gerday, MSc, Florence Schleich, MD, PhD, Monique Henket, MSc, Françoise Guissard, MSc, Virginie Paulus, MSc, Renaud Louis, MD, PhD
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: World Allergy Organization Journal, Vol 15, Iss 6, Pp 100655- (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1939-4551
DOI: 10.1016/j.waojou.2022.100655
Popis: Background: Atopic asthma is one of the most common asthma phenotypes and is generally opposed to the non-atopic counterpart. There have been very few large-scale studies comparing atopic and non-atopic asthmatics in terms of systemic and airway inflammation across the age spectrum. Methods: Here, we have undertaken a retrospective study investigating 1626 patients (924 atopic and 702 non-atopic asthmatics) recruited from our university asthma clinic who underwent extensive clinical investigations including induced sputum. Atopy was defined by any positive specific IgE to common aeroallergens (>0,35 kU/L). We performed direct comparisons between the groups and sought to appreciate the influence of age on the airway and systemic inflammatory components. The study was approved by the ethics committee of the University Hospital of Liege (Ref. 2016/276). Informed consents were obtained from healthy subjects. Results: Atopic asthmatics were younger (P
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