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- Title
Increased Sputum IL-8 and IL-5 in Asymptomatic Nonspecific Airway Hyperresponsiveness.
- Authors
Betz, R.; Kohlhaufl, M.; Kabner, G.; Mullinger, B.; Maier, K.; Brand, P.; Weber, N.; Haussinger, K.; Heyder, J.; Frankenberger, M.
- Abstract
Since asymptomatic, nonspecific airway hyperresponsiveness (BHR) may be due to an enhanced local inflammatory response, we studied molecular markers of inflammation in induced sputum from subjects with asymptomatic BHR (n = 14) compared with control subjects (n = 13) and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (n = 10)...
- Subjects
SPUTUM; BRONCHI; AIRWAY (Anatomy); OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; LEUCOCYTES; INFLAMMATION
- Publication
Lung, 2001, Vol 179, Issue 2, p119
- ISSN
0341-2040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s004080000055