Transcriptional Changes of Blood Eosinophils after Methacholine Inhalation Challenge in Asthmatics
Author(s) -
Scott J. Tebbutt,
JianQing He,
Amrit Singh,
Casey P. Shan,
Jian Ruan,
Chris Carlsten
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
genomics insights
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.746
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 1178-6310
DOI - 10.4137/gei.s9125
Subject(s) - methacholine , transcriptome , eosinophil cationic protein , bronchoconstriction , asthma , eosinophil , medicine , immunology , ccr3 , eosinophil granule proteins , inhalation , gene chip analysis , microarray analysis techniques , microarray , inflammation , gene expression , biology , gene , lung , respiratory disease , chemokine , anesthesia , genetics , chemokine receptor
Methacholine challenge is commonly used within the asthma diagnostic algorithm. Methacholine challenge has recently been shown to induce airway remodelling in asthma via bronchoconstriction, without additional airway inflammation. We evaluated the effect of methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction on the peripheral whole-blood transcriptome.
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