KMID : 0361020070500050416
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2007 Volume.50 No. 5 p.416 ~ p.419
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Immunologic Response of Upper and Lower Airway Disease Patients Against Airborne Fungal Cultural Extracts
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Shin Seung-Heon
Kim Ki-Yeong Ye Mi-Kyung
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Abstract
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Background & Objectives: Allergic rhinitis, sinusitis and asthma are linked by epidemiologic, physiologic, and immunopathologic characteristics and by similar therapeutic approach. They have clinical manifestations of a systemic inflammatory process within the respiratory tract. The purpose of this study was to determine the immunologic response of upper and lower airway disease patient¡¯s peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) against airborne fungi.
Subjects & Methods: PBMC from ten healthy human volunteers (NC), fourteen chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), eleven allergic rhinitis (AR), twelve allergic asthma (AA), and six non-allergic asthma (NAA) were stimulated with 50 microgram/ml Alternaria, Aspergillus, Candida, Cladosporium, and Penicillium. To determine the activation of PBMC, IL-5, IL-13, and INF-gamma were measured with the ELISA method.
Results: CRS, AR, AA patients produced large amounts of IL-5 (by Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Candida) and IL-13 (by Alternaria) than NC. NAA and CRS patients produced larger amounts of INF-gamma (by Alternaria) than NC. Alternaria enhanced the production of cytokines most strongly, and Penicillium didn¡¯t influence the production of cytokines.
Conclusion: Fungi, especially Alternaria, may play a role in pathogenesis of upper and lower airway diseases by activating PBMC. Allergic and non-allergic inflammatory reactions are involved in the pathogenesis of CRS.
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KEYWORD
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Fungus, Chronic sinusitis, Allergic rhinitis, Asthma, Peripheral blood mononuclear cell, Cytokine
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