ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NONSPECIFIC BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY AND SUPEROXIDE ANION PRODUCTION BY POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES IN CHRONIC AIR-FLOW OBSTRUCTION
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NONSPECIFIC BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY AND SUPEROXIDE ANION PRODUCTION BY POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES IN CHRONIC AIR-FLOW OBSTRUCTION
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DOI:
10.1164/ajrccm/137.1.57
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发表时间:
1988-01-01
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KAUFFMAN, H
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作者:
POSTMA, DS;RENKEMA, TEJ;KAUFFMAN, H
Inflammatory reactions are believed to be important in nonspecific bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR). To investigate the potential role for oxidant-mediated modulation of BHR, we investigated oxidative metabolism of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) from the peripheral blood in 28 nonallergic patients with chronic air-flow obstruction (CAO). No difference in O2- was found between 14 smokers and 14 ex-smokers with CAO. A significant correlation was found between the degree of BHR and O2--generation of PMN after stimulation with 20 ng/ml phorbol myristate acetate, both in smokers (r = 0.59, p < 0.01) and in ex-smokers (r = 0.79, p < 0.01). In the light of other findings in experimental animal studies, the results suggest a direct or indirect role for O2- in the modulation of BHR. Thus, in nonallergic patients with CAO, BHR and inflammation may be linked in a similar way as in allergic patients with asthma.