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Chronic traffic pollution exposure is associated with eosinophilic, but not neutrophilic inflammation in older adult asthmatics.


ABSTRACT: Airway inflammatory patterns in older asthmatics are poorly understood despite high asthma-related morbidity and mortality. In this study, we sought to define the relationship between exposure to traffic pollutants, biomarkers in induced sputum, and asthma control in older adults.Induced sputum was collected from 35 non-smoking adults ?65 years with a physician's diagnosis of asthma and reversibility with a bronchodilator or a positive methacholine challenge. Patients completed the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ), and Elemental Carbon Attributable to Traffic (ECAT), a surrogate for chronic diesel particulate exposure, was determined. Equal numbers of subjects with high (?0.39?µg/m(3)) versus low (<0.39?µg/m(3)) ECAT were included. Differential cell counts were performed on induced sputum, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) and eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) were measured in supernatants. Regression analyses were used to evaluate the relationship between sputum findings, ACQ scores, and ECAT.After adjustment for potential confounders, subjects with poorly controlled asthma based on ACQ???1.5 (n?=?7) had significantly higher sputum eosinophils (median?=?4.4%) than those with ACQ?

SUBMITTER: Epstein TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638037 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Chronic traffic pollution exposure is associated with eosinophilic, but not neutrophilic inflammation in older adult asthmatics.

Epstein Tolly G TG   Kesavalu Banurekha B   Bernstein Cheryl K CK   Ryan Patrick H PH   Bernstein Jonathan A JA   Zimmermann Nives N   Lummus Zana Z   Villareal Manuel S MS   Smith Andrew M AM   Lenz Peter H PH   Bernstein David I DI  

The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma 20131001 9


<h4>Objective</h4>Airway inflammatory patterns in older asthmatics are poorly understood despite high asthma-related morbidity and mortality. In this study, we sought to define the relationship between exposure to traffic pollutants, biomarkers in induced sputum, and asthma control in older adults.<h4>Methods</h4>Induced sputum was collected from 35 non-smoking adults ≥65 years with a physician's diagnosis of asthma and reversibility with a bronchodilator or a positive methacholine challenge. Pa  ...[more]

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