Open AccessEotaxin in Exhaled Breath Condensate of Allergic Asthma Patients with Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction
Author(s) -
Ziemowit Ziętkowski,
Roman Skiepko,
Maria Magdalena Tomasiak,
Elżbieta Ziętkowska,
Anna BodzentaŁukaszyk
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000323180
Subject(s) - eotaxin , bronchoconstriction , medicine , exhaled breath condensate , asthma , eosinophil cationic protein , immunology , eosinophil
Eosinophils are the key inflammatory cells in asthma, and more and more evidence suggests their crucial role in exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB). Eotaxin, as the most important chemotactic factor for eosinophils, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of asthma.
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