Serum Chitotriosidase Levels in Patients with Allergic and Non-Allergic Asthma
Author(s) -
Elena Bargagli,
Carmela Olivieri,
Maria Margollicci,
David Bennett,
Alice Luddi,
Maria Paola Perrone,
Claudia Maggiorelli,
Antje Prasse,
Paola Rottoli
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000277664
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , subject (documents) , allergic asthma , humanities , library science , philosophy , computer science
In the last 5 years our research group\udhas investigated the role of chitotriosidase in the pathogenesis of\uddifferent inflammatory lung diseases, such as sarcoidosis .\udHere we analyzed serum concentrations of chitotriosidase in allergic and non-allergic asthma patients and in a group of controls\udto evaluate its potential involvement in the different pathways of\udinflammation occurring in this disease.In conclusion, though preliminary, this data suggests that chitotriosidase\udis much more enhanced in serum of asthma patients\udthan controls
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