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Detailed analysis of sputum and systemic inflammation in asthma phenotypes: are paucigranulocytic asthmatics really non-inflammatory?
Demarche, Sophie; SCHLEICH, FLorence; HENKET, Monique et al.
2016In BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 16, p. 46
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Keywords :
Asthma; Blood leukocyte count; CRP; Fibrinogen; Healthy subjects; Phenotypes; Sputum cytology
Abstract :
[en] BACKGROUND: The technique of induced sputum has allowed to subdivide asthma patients into inflammatory phenotypes according to their level of granulocyte airway infiltration. There are very few studies which looked at detailed sputum and blood cell counts in a large cohort of asthmatics divided into inflammatory phenotypes. The purpose of this study was to analyze sputum cell counts, blood leukocytes and systemic inflammatory markers in these phenotypes, and investigate how those groups compared with healthy subjects. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study on 833 asthmatics recruited from the University Asthma Clinic of Liege and compared them with 194 healthy subjects. Asthmatics were classified into inflammatory phenotypes. RESULTS: The total non-squamous cell count per gram of sputum was greater in mixed granulocytic and neutrophilic phenotypes as compared to eosinophilic, paucigranulocytic asthma and healthy subjects (p < 0.005). Sputum eosinophils (in absolute values and percentages) were increased in all asthma phenotypes including paucigranulocytic asthma, compared to healthy subjects (p < 0.005). Eosinophilic asthma showed higher absolute sputum neutrophil and lymphocyte counts than healthy subjects (p < 0.005), while neutrophilic asthmatics had a particularly low number of sputum macrophages and epithelial cells. All asthma phenotypes showed an increased blood leukocyte count compared to healthy subjects (p < 0.005), with paucigranulocytic asthmatics having also increased absolute blood eosinophils compared to healthy subjects (p < 0.005). Neutrophilic asthma had raised CRP and fibrinogen while eosinophilic asthma only showed raised fibrinogen compared to healthy subjects (p < 0.005). CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that a significant eosinophilic inflammation is present across all categories of asthma, and that paucigranulocytic asthma may be seen as a low grade inflammatory disease.
Disciplines :
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
Author, co-author :
Demarche, Sophie ;  Université de Liège > Département de pharmacie > Pharmacie clinique et pharmacie hospitalière
SCHLEICH, FLorence ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de pneumologie - allergologie
HENKET, Monique ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de pneumologie - allergologie
PAULUS, Virginie ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de pneumologie - allergologie
VAN HEES, Thierry ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Pharmacie clinique
LOUIS, Renaud ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de pneumologie - allergologie
Language :
English
Title :
Detailed analysis of sputum and systemic inflammation in asthma phenotypes: are paucigranulocytic asthmatics really non-inflammatory?
Publication date :
05 April 2016
Journal title :
BMC Pulmonary Medicine
eISSN :
1471-2466
Publisher :
BioMed Central
Volume :
16
Pages :
46
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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