Eosinopenia, in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria, Is Associated with High Disease Activity, Autoimmunity, and Poor Response to Treatment
Eosinopenia, in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria, Is Associated with High Disease Activity, Autoimmunity, and Poor Response to Treatment
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jaip.2019.08.025
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发表时间:
2020-01-01
影响因子:
9.4
通讯作者:
Maurer, Marcus
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作者:
Kolkhir, Pavel;Church, Martin K.;Maurer, Marcus
BACKGROUND: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is characterized by the degranulation of skin mast cells and the influx of basophils and eosinophils to affected skin sites. Blood basopenia has been linked to severe antihistamine-resistant CSU and type IIb autoimmunity, whereas the role of eosinophils in CSU is largely unknown.OBJECTIVE: To analyze data from 1613 patients with CSU from 2 centers to study the prevalence, role, and relevance of eosinopenia in CSU.METHODS: Peripheral blood eosinophil and basophil counts were measured by automated hematology analyzers. Patient files were screened for clinical characteristics, results of laboratory tests, the autologous serum skin test, the serum-induced basophil histamine release assay, and response to second-generation H-1-antihistamines and omalizumab.RESULTS: Ten percent of patients with CSU had eosinopenia. Eosinopenia was associated with the female sex, high disease activity, autologous serum skin test and basophil histamine release assay positivity, low total IgE, and high levels of C-reactive protein and IgG-antithyroperoxidase (P