IL-5, IL-8 and MMP-9 levels in exhaled breath condensate of atopic and nonatopic asthmatic children

TÜRKELİ, AHMET; YILMAZ, ÖZGE; TANELİ, FATMA; Horasan, Gonul; Kanik, Esra; KIZILKAYA, METEHAN; Gozukara, Ceyhun; YÜKSEL, HASAN

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2015.04.004

IL-5, IL-8 and MMP-9 levels in exhaled breath condensate of atopic and nonatopic asthmatic children

TÜRKELİ A., YILMAZ Ö., TANELİ F., Horasan G. D., Kanik E. T., KIZILKAYA M., ...More

RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, vol.109, no.6, pp.680-688, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 109 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.rmed.2015.04.004
Journal Name: RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.680-688
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Kütahya Health Sciences University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Rationale: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, and a great majority of pediatric patients with asthma demonstrate atopic characteristics and develop a Th2 type cytokine response. Nonatopic asthma, on the other hand, is seen more rarely.