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ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2021

Cytokine levels in children and adults with wheezing and asthma show specific patterns of variability over time.

M Weckmann, D Thiele, L Liboschik, T Bahmer, M Pech, A-M Dittrich, O Fuchs, C Happle, B Schaub, I Ricklefs and 6 more

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Article in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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16 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

M Weckmann *Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
D Thiele *Member of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Lübeck, Germany.
L LiboschikDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
T BahmerMember of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Lübeck, Germany.
M PechDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
A-M DittrichDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
O FuchsDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
C HappleDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
B SchaubDepartment of Pediatrics, Department of Allergology, Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
I RicklefsDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
K F RabeMember of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Lübeck, Germany.
E von MutiusDepartment of Pediatrics, Department of Allergology, Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
G HansenDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
I R KönigMember of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Lübeck, Germany.
M V KoppDepartment of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1989-5492
ALLIANCE Study Group *
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · DEDigital Research Alliance of CanadaUniversity of Bern · CHMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEGerman Center for Lung Research · DE

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Levels of cytokines are used for in-depth characterization of patients with asthma; however, the variability over time might be a critical confounder. To analyze the course of serum cytokines in children, adolescents and adults with asthma and in healthy controls and to propose statistical methods to control for seasonal effects. Of 532 screened subjects, 514 (91·5%) were included in the All Age Asthma Cohort (ALLIANCE). The cohort included 279 children with either recurrent wheezing bronchitis (more than two episodes) or doctor-diagnosed asthma, 75 healthy controls, 150 adult asthmatics and 31 adult healthy controls. Blood samples were collected and 25 μl serum was used for analysis with the Bio-Plex Pr human cytokine 27-Plex assay. Mean age, body mass index and gender in the three groups of wheezers, asthmatic children and adult asthmatics were comparable to healthy controls. Wheezers (34·5%), asthmatic children (78·7%) and adult asthmatics (62·8%) were significantly more often sensitized compared to controls (4·5, 22 and 22·6%, respectively). Considering the entire cohort, interleukin (IL)-1ra, IL-4, IL-9, IL-17, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1-

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