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The cytokine interleukin-26 as a biomarker in pediatric asthma
In this pilot study, we examined associations between local interleukin (IL)-26, disease severity and biomarkers of Th2-mediated inflammation in a well-defined cohort of pediatric patients (14 years median age, 41 % females) with controlled (n = 28) or uncontrolled (n = 48) asthma. Sputum IL-26 prot...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815075/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27029915 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-016-0351-6 |
| Sumario: | In this pilot study, we examined associations between local interleukin (IL)-26, disease severity and biomarkers of Th2-mediated inflammation in a well-defined cohort of pediatric patients (14 years median age, 41 % females) with controlled (n = 28) or uncontrolled (n = 48) asthma. Sputum IL-26 protein concentrations (ELISA) reflected disease control in patients without local (low exhaled nitric oxide) or systemic (low blood eosinophils) signs of eosinophilic inflammation. Moreover, sputum-IL-26 concentrations correlated with those of blood neutrophils. Our study indicates that IL-26 is a potential biomarker of disease severity in pediatric asthma without signs of Th2-mediated inflammation. |
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