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- Title
Elevation of serum soluble E-selectin and VCAM-1 in severe asthma.
- Authors
Hamzaoui, Agnes; Ammar, Jamel; El Mekki, Fethi; Borgi, Olfa; Ghrairi, Hédia; Brahim, Mounira Ben; Hamzaoui, Kamel
- Abstract
Objective: To investigate the significance of circulating adhesion molecules associated with leucocyteendothelial cell interactions in asthma, serum levels of soluble E (sE)-selectin, soluble P (sP)-selectin, soluble L (sL)-selectin, and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) were measured in mild, moderate and severe asthma. Method: Serum levels of sE-selectin, sP-selectin, sLselectin, and sVCAM-1 were measured in 32 women with asthma and 30 healthy donors using an enzymelinked immunosorbent assay method. Twenty patients were suffering from severe asthma, and 12 from mild/moderate asthma. Results: Serum sE-selectin and sVCAM-1 levels from patients with asthma were significantly higher than those observed in healthy donors (p < 0.01). The levels of sP-selectin were the same as those of controls. The level of sE-selectin exhibited an important increase in the severe asthmatic patients compared with mild/moderate asthma (p < 0.01). The sVCAM-1 level was increased in severe asthma when compared with healthy controls. There was no correlation between the levels of soluble selectins and the age of the patients. A significant correlation was found between sE-selectin and sVCAM-1 levels. Conclusion: These data indicate that circulating soluble forms of the selectins may have different kinetics during the clinical course of asthma, suggesting that they may reflect different inflammatory pathways in severe asthma. Both sVCAM-1 and sE-selectin may be useful immunological markers for monitoring disease activity in asthma.
- Subjects
CELL adhesion molecules; ASTHMA diagnosis
- Publication
Mediators of Inflammation, 2001, Vol 10, Issue 6, p339
- ISSN
0962-9351
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/09629350120102361