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ArticleClinical and translational allergy2024

Chronic spontaneous urticaria: Evidence of systemic microcirculatory changes.

Yora Mostmans, Marcus Maurer, Bertrand Richert, Vanessa Smith, Karin Melsens, Viviane De Maertelaer, Ines Saidi, Francis Corazza, Olivier Michel

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Article in Clinical and translational allergy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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9 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Yora MostmansDepartment of Immunology-Allergology, CHU Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Laken, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1266-9524
Marcus MaurerInstitute of Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4121-481X
Bertrand RichertDepartment of Dermatology, CHU Brugmann, ULB, Laken, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4144-6602
Vanessa SmithDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6271-7945
Karin MelsensDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4125-7163
Viviane De MaertelaerIRIBHM, Statistical Unit, Fac. Medicine, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6722-7267
Ines SaidiDepartment of Dermatology, CHU Brugmann, ULB, Laken, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0648-7974
Francis CorazzaDepartment of Immunology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles - Universitair Laboratorium Brussels (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
Olivier MichelDepartment of Immunology-Allergology, CHU Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Laken, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1528-1277
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann · BEUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BEGhent University Hospital · BEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEStatistics Belgium · BEVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

The Brugmann Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease where activation of endothelial cells (ECs) at sites of skin lesions leads to increased blood flow, leakage of fluid into the skin, cellular infiltration, and vascular remodeling. To understand the disease duration and the sometimes vague systemic symptoms accompanying flares, the objective of this study was to examine if CSU comes with systemic vascular changes at the microcirculatory level.

methodsWe investigated CSU patients (n = 49) and healthy controls (HCs, n = 44) for microcirculatory differences by nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) and for blood levels of the soluble EC biomarkers serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), soluble E-selectin, and stem cell factor (SCF). Patients were also assessed for clinical characteristics, disease activity, and markers of autoimmune CSU (aiCSU).

resultsCSU patients had significantly lower capillary density, more capillary malformations, and more irregular capillary dilations than HCs on NVC. Serum levels of VEGF, soluble E selectin and SCF were similar in CSU patients and HCs. CSU patients with higher VEGF levels had significantly more abnormal capillaries. Patients with markers of aiCSU, that is, low IgE levels or increased anti-TPO levels, had significantly more capillaries and less capillary dilations than those without.

conclusionOur results suggest that CSU comes with systemic microcirculatory changes, which may be driven, in part, by VEGF.

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chronic spontaneous urticariaELISAendothelial cell markersmicrocirculationvideocapillaroscopy

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