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ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2017

Microparticles in nasal lavage fluids in chronic rhinosinusitis: Potential biomarkers for diagnosis of aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.

Toru Takahashi, Atsushi Kato, Sergejs Berdnikovs, Whitney W Stevens, Lydia A Suh, James E Norton, Roderick G Carter, Kathleen E Harris, Anju T Peters, Kathryn E Hulse and 8 more

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Article in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. New insights into the mechanisms of aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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  15. Updates on immune mechanisms in aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2023
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  16. Activation of platelet-adherent basophils in chronic rhinosinusitis with alcohol hypersensitivity.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2022
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  18. The Role of Exosomes in Cancer Progression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Toru TakahashiDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Atsushi KatoDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill; Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Sergejs BerdnikovsDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Whitney W StevensDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Lydia A SuhDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
James E NortonDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Roderick G CarterDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Kathleen E HarrisDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Anju T PetersDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Kathryn E HulseDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Leslie C GrammerDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Kevin C WelchDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Stephanie Shintani-SmithDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Bruce K TanDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
David B ConleyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Robert C KernDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill; Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Bruce S BochnerDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Robert P SchleimerDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill; Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill. Electronic address: rpschleimer@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)KL2TR001424 · NCATS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SHARMA, LEENA · 2015 to 2023
$8.1M
Systems Genetics Approach to Gene Discovery in Chronic RhinosinusitisU19AI106683 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KERN, ROBERT C · 2014 to 2017
$7.9M
Glucocorticosteroid Action In Inflammatory DiseaseR37HL068546 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SCHLEIMER, ROBERT P · 2009 to 2018
$3.5M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001424NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL068546NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI106683
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMicroparticles (MPs) are submicron-sized shed membrane vesicles released from activated or injured cells and are detectable by flow cytometry. MP levels have been used as biomarkers to evaluate cell injury or activation in patients with pathological conditions.

objectiveWe sought to compare MP types and levels in nasal lavage fluids (NLFs) from controls and patients with chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP), chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), and aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD).

methodsWe collected NLFs from patients with CRSsNP (n = 33), CRSwNP (n = 45), and AERD (n = 31) and control (n = 24) subjects. Standardized flow cytometry methods were used to characterize the following MP types: endothelial MPs, epithelial MPs (epithelial cell adhesion molecule [EpCAM](+)MPs, E-cadherin(+)MPs), platelet MPs (CD31(+)CD41(+)MPs), eosinophil MPs (EGF-like module-containing mucin-like hormone receptor-like 1[EMR1](+)MPs), mast cell MPs (high-affinity IgE receptor [FcεRI](+)c-kit(+)MPs), and basophil MPs (CD203c(+)c-kit(-)MPs). Basophil activation was evaluated by the mean fluorescence intensity of CD203c on basophil MPs.

resultsActivated mast cell MPs (CD137(+) FcεRI(+)c-kit(+)MPs) were significantly increased in NLFs of controls compared with NLFs of patients with CRSsNP (2.3-fold; P < .02), CRSwNP (2.3-fold; P < .03), and AERD (7.4-fold; P < .0001). Platelet MPs (3.5-fold; P < .01) and basophil MPs (2.5-fold; P < .05) were increased only in patients with AERD. Mean fluorescence intensity of CD203c on MPs was increased in patients with CRSwNP (P < .002) and AERD (P < .0001), but not in patients with CRSsNP. EpCAM(+)MPs in patients with CRSwNP were no different from control (P = .91) and lower than those in patients with CRSsNP (P < .02) and AERD (P < .002).

conclusionsBased on released MPs, mast cells, platelets, and basophils were more highly activated in patients with AERD than in patients with CRS. Epithelial injury was lower in patients with CRSwNP than in patients with CRSsNP and AERD. MP analysis may help identify phenotypes of CRS, and in distinguishing AERD from CRSwNP.

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Cell-Derived MicroparticlesAdultAsthma, Aspirin-InducedBiomarkersChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNasal Lavage FluidNasal PolypsRhinitisSinusitisBiomarkersapoptosisaspirin-exacerbated respiratory diseasebasophil activationCD137CD69chronic rhinosinusitiseosinophil activationepithelial injurymast cell activationMicroparticles

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PMID28238741
PMCPMC5568994
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