Changes in serum inflammatory factors in wheezing infants with community-acquired pneumonia / 中国当代儿科杂志
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
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(12): 815-818, 2015.
Artículo
en Chino
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-279046
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study whether infantile wheezing pneumonia has similar immune mechanisms to asthma by determining the levels of serum inflammatory factors in wheezing infants with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty-two infants with CAP but without wheezing, 47 infants with CAP and wheezing, and 30 healthy infants as a control were recruited in the study. The peripheral blood levels of C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-l, interferon-γ, interleukin-4, interleukin-10, and periostin were compared in the three groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The serum levels of procalcitonin, soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-l, interleukin-4 and interleukin-10 in the two CAP groups were higher than in the control group (P<0.05). The ratio of interferon-γ/interleukin-4 in the wheezing pneumonia group was lower than in the non-wheezing pneumonia and control groups (P<0.05). The serum level of periostin in the wheezing pneumonia group was higher than in the non-wheezing pneumonia and control groups (P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The unbalanced ratio of interferon-γ/interleukin-4 and airway eosinophilic inflammation in wheezing infants with pneumonia suggest infantile pneumonia with wheezing may has similar immune mechanisms to asthma.</p>
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Asunto principal:
Neumonía
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Sangre
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Glicoproteínas de Membrana
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Receptores Inmunológicos
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Ruidos Respiratorios
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Interleucina-4
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Interferón gamma
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Interleucina-10
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Infecciones Comunitarias Adquiridas
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Alergia e Inmunología
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Lactante
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Masculino
Idioma:
Chino
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
Año:
2015
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