ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2018
Expression of Inflammatory Mediators in Induced Sputum: Comparative Study in Asthma and COPD.
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- Induced Sputum Multi-Omics Reveals Airway Signatures of COPD in Smokers: A Pilot Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- CC16 as an Inflammatory Biomarker in Induced Sputum Reflects Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Severity.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Article
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- Neuroimmune Pathophysiology in Asthma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Relationship between chemokines and T lymphocytes in the context of respiratory allergies (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2020Review
- Different Clusters in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A Two-Center Study in Brazil.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020Article
- Mixed Th2 and non-Th2 inflammatory pattern in the asthma-COPD overlap: a network approach.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2018Observational
- Neutrophilic Inflammation in Asthma and Association with Disease Severity.Trends in immunology · 2017Review
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Abstract
Asthma and COPD are the most common obstructive lung diseases characterized by inflammation in the lower airways which contribute to airflow limitation. Different inflammatory mediators are thought to play a key role in these diseases. This study was conducted in 13 patients with asthma, 12 patients with COPD, and 13 control subjects. The expression of mRNA of IL-6, IL-13, CXCL8, TSLP, IL-33, IL-25, IL-17, ECP, mast cell tryptase, CCL24, and CCL26 was assessed in induced sputum cells by real time PCR. We found that CXCL8 was strongly related to the neutrophil percentage but differed significantly in COPD and asthma patients. The expression of IL-17 was lower in patients with atopic asthma compared to non-atopic asthma. The percentage of macrophages correlated negatively with the expression of mast cell tryptase and ECP in COPD, and with CXCL8 in asthma. The expression of ECP correlated negatively with the severity of COPD symptoms measured by CAT. We conclude that asthma and COPD demonstrate a significant overlap in the airway cytokine profile. Thus, differentiation between the two diseases is difficult as based on a single cytokine, which suggests the coexistence of phenotypes sharing a common cytokine network in these obstructive lung diseases.
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