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ArticleBiomolecules2023

Emergent Inflammatory Markers and Echocardiographic Indices in Patients with Bronchial Asthma.

Nikolaos A Gkavogiannakis, James N Tsoporis, Ioannis-Alexandros Drosatos, George Tsirebolos, Shehla Izhar, Eleftherios Sakadakis, Andreas S Triantafyllis, Thomas G Parker, Lampros A Kalogiros, Howard Leong-Poi and 2 more

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Article in Biomolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nikolaos A GkavogiannakisAllergy Unit "D. Kalogeromitros", Attikon University Hospital, 124 62 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7690-0190
James N TsoporisKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
Ioannis-Alexandros DrosatosSecond Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, 124 62 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5701-1147
George TsirebolosSecond Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, 124 62 Athens, Greece.
Shehla IzharKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
Eleftherios SakadakisSecond Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, 124 62 Athens, Greece.
Andreas S TriantafyllisSecond Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, 124 62 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8037-463X
Thomas G ParkerKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
Lampros A KalogirosAllergy & Clinical Immunology Department, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Howard Leong-PoiKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
Loukianos S RallidisSecond Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, 124 62 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7349-0309
Ioannis RizosSecond Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, 124 62 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3490-3035
401 General Military Hospital of Athens · GRSt. Michael's Hospital · CAUniversity General Hospital Attikon · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, characterized by chronic inflammation and oxidative stress of the airways. Several inflammatory pathways including activation of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) have been described in the course of the disease. DJ-1 is a redox-sensitive protein with multifaceted roles in mast cell homeostasis and an emerging role in the pathogenesis of asthma. Moreover, cardiac function abnormalities have been described via echocardiography in patients with asthma. The main aim of this study was to investigate the plasma levels of RAGE, its ligands and DJ-1 in asthmatic patients pre- and post-treatment along with echocardiographic indices of cardiovascular function. The study population was divided into two groups. Group A included 13 patients with newly diagnosed bronchial asthma who were free of treatment for at least two weeks and Group B included 12 patients without asthma. An echocardiography examination was performed on all patients. The plasma levels of RAGE, its ligands (AGEs, S100A12, S100B, S100A8/A9), the interleukins (IL-6, IL-1β) and DJ-1 were measured. No differences were noted among the two groups for baseline characteristics and echocardiographic indices of cardiac function. In Group A, 31% suffered from mild asthma, 54% from moderate asthma and 15% from severe asthma. Plasma levels of IL-6, AGEs and AGE/RAGE ratio were increased and those of S100A12 and DJ-1 were decreased in asthmatics. Pharmacotherapy with corticosteroids/β2-agonists decreased IL-6, and AGEs, and increased DJ-1. In search of novel approaches in diagnosing and treating patients with asthma, S100A12, ratio AGE/sRAGE, and DJ-1 in addition to IL-6 may prove to be useful tools.

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AsthmaS100A12 ProteinEchocardiographyGlycation End Products, AdvancedHumansInterleukin-6LigandsReceptor for Advanced Glycation End ProductsGlycation End Products, AdvancedInterleukin-6LigandsReceptor for Advanced Glycation End ProductsS100A12 ProteinasthmaDJ-1IL-6inflammationoxidative stressS100A12sRAGE

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PMID37371535
PMCPMC10296420
OpenAlexW4379881633

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