Circulating adhesion molecule levels in childhood asthma.

DOĞU E. F., Ikinciogullari A., Egin Y., Babacan E.

Indian pediatrics, cilt.39, sa.11, ss.1017-1021, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Dergi Adı: Indian pediatrics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1017-1021
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The present study aims at comparing the levels of circulating forms of E-selectin, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 in 10 patients with acute asthma, 10 stable atopic asthmatics, 10 nonatopic stable asthmatics and 10 age-matched healthy children. sE-selectin levels of patients with acute asthma were found to be significantly higher than that of the other three groups. The insignificant rise in sICAM-1 levels was attributed to the usage of inhaler corticosteroids. Serum sE-selectin and sICAM-1 seem to be promising serological markers for monitoring disease activity in childhood asthma.