Zdorovʹe Rebenka (Feb 2015)

Clinical and Immunological Features of Bronchial Asthma in Children on the Background of Persistent Intracellular Infections

  • O.Ye. Chernyshova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22141/2224-0551.1.60.2015.74959
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1.60
pp. 69 – 76

Abstract

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The article presents information on the impact of persistent intracellular infections on the course of the di­sease and the state of immune system in children with bronchial asthma. Clinical features of bronchial asthma, the degree of sensitization, level of proinflammatory (IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, ­IL-8, IFN-α and IFN-γ, TNF-α) and antiinflammatory (IL-4, ­IL-10) cytokines in the blood serum are described.

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