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Different serum cytokine levels in chronic vs. acute Anisakis simplex sensitization‐associated urticaria
Author(s) -
DASCHNER A.,
RODERO M.,
DE FRUTOS C.,
VALLS A.,
VEGA F.,
BLANCO C.,
CUÉLLAR C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
parasite immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1365-3024
pISSN - 0141-9838
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01282.x
Subject(s) - anisakis simplex , chronic urticaria , cytokine , immunology , sensitization , immune system , anisakis , allergy , cd63 , interleukin 4 , interleukin 10 , biology , medicine , fish <actinopterygii> , biochemistry , microvesicles , gene , microrna , fishery
Summary The knowledge on immune mechanisms of chronic urticaria (CU) at the cytokine level is widely scarce. We compared pro‐ and anti‐inflammatory as well as Th1‐ and Th2‐associated serum cytokine levels in two phenotypes of CU: associated with (CU+) and without (CU−) sensitization against Anisakis simplex , a ubiquitous fish parasite, that has been associated with acute urticaria in gastro‐allergic anisakiasis (GAA) and with CU+. Thirteen CU+ and 19 CU− patients were compared with 13 GAA patients and 15 control subjects for cytokines, measured by cytometric bead array. Urticaria activity score was positively correlated with IL‐6 in CU−. Serum levels of IL‐10 were lower in CU+ and CU− with respect to the control group. Median IFN‐γ was lower in all urticaria groups. Patients with previous parasitism by A. simplex displayed higher TGF‐β levels than subjects without previous parasitism. The main finding was lower levels of IL‐17 in CU+ with respect to GAA or controls, with a further tendency to even lower levels in CU−. Different urticaria phenotypes are associated with distinct serum cytokine levels.