Inhaled corticosteroid effects both eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic inflammation in asthmatic patients

Ilknur  Basyigit; Fusun  Yildiz; Sevgiye Kacar Ozkara; Hasim  Boyaci; Ahmet  Ilgazli

doi:10.1080/09629350400003118

Mediators of Inflammation (Jan 2004)

Inhaled corticosteroid effects both eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic inflammation in asthmatic patients

Ilknur Basyigit,
Fusun Yildiz,
Sevgiye Kacar Ozkara,
Hasim Boyaci,
Ahmet Ilgazli

Affiliations

Ilknur Basyigit: Chest Disease Department , Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Fusun Yildiz: Chest Disease Department , Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Sevgiye Kacar Ozkara: Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Hasim Boyaci: Chest Disease Department , Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
Ahmet Ilgazli: Chest Disease Department , Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09629350400003118
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 4
pp. 285 – 291

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AIM: To determine induced sputum cell counts and interleukin-8 (IL-8), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) levels as markers of neutrophilic inflammation in moderate persistent asthma, and to evaluate the response to inhaled steroid therapy.

Published in Mediators of Inflammation

ISSN: 0962-9351 (Print); 1466-1861 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pathology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4792

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