Evaluation of airway inflammation by quantitative Th1/Th2 cytokine mRNA measurement in sputum of asthma patients - Truyen, E; Coteur, L; Dilissen, E; Overbergh, L; Dupont, L J; Ceuppens, J L; Bullens, D M A (Thorax, 2006)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Allergens; Allergies; ASS; Asthma; Asthma - metabolism; Asthma - physiopathology; asthma symptom score; Biological and medical sciences; Bronchitis - diagnosis; Cells; Chemokines; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma; Cytokines; Cytokines - metabolism; eNO; exhaled nitric oxide; Female; FEV1; Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology; forced expiratory volume in 1 second; histamine concentration provoking a 20% decrease in FEV1; Humans; ICS; IFN-γ; induced sputum; Inflammation; inhaled corticosteroids; interferon γ; interleukin; mAb; Male; Medical sciences; messenger RNA; Middle Aged; monoclonal antibody; mRNA; Patients; PC20; Pneumology; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; severity; Sputum - metabolism; T helper; Th1 Cells - metabolism; Th1/Th2 cytokines; Th2 Cells - metabolism; Belgium; United States--US; Europe; Human; Measurement; Lung disease; Evaluation; Respiratory disease; Cytokine; Th1 lymphocyte; Cardiovascular disease; Patient; Inflammation; Asthma; Messenger RNA; Immunological investigation; Sputum; T-Lymphocyte; Bronchus disease; Th2 lymphocyte; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Quantitative analysis