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Inter-relationship between inflammation, reticular basement membrane thickening and bronchial hyper-reactivity to methacholine in asthma; a systematic bronchoalveolar lavage and airway biopsy analysis
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Ward, C and Reid, DW and Orsida, BE and Feltis, BN and Ryan, VA and Johns, DP and Walters, EH, Inter-relationship between inflammation, reticular basement membrane thickening and bronchial hyper-reactivity to methacholine in asthma; a systematic bronchoalveolar lavage and airway biopsy analysis, Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 35, (12) pp. 1565-1571. ISSN 0954-7894 (2005) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02365.x
Abstract
Background: Asthma is accepted as a disease characterized by airway inflammation, with evidence that airway structural changes, or 'remodelling' occurs. There are few studies relating airway physiology, inflammation and remodelling, however. We have carried out a study of inter-relationships between airway inflammation, airway remodelling, reticular basement membrane (RBM) thickening, and bronchial hyper-reactivity (BHR), before and after high-dose inhaled corticosteroid (fluticasone propionate 750 μg b.d.), in a group of relatively mild but symptomatic, steroid naïve asthma patients. Methods: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel group study of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) in 35 asthmatics, with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and airway endobronchial biopsy (EBB) for inflammatory cell profiles and EBB for airway remodelling carried out at baseline, 3 and 12 months. Results: At baseline RBM thickening was related to BAL mast cells and EBB eosinophil counts. In turn baseline log EBB EG2 eosinophil count, log%BAL epithelial cells and log RBM thickness explained 55% of the variability in BHR. Conclusion: We provide new information that airway inflammation, remodelling, and BHR in asthma are inter-related and improved by ICS therapy. Our data potentially support the need for early and long-term intervention with ICS even in relatively mild asthmatics, and the need to further assess the potential merit of longitudinal BHR testing in management of some patients, as this may reflect both airway inflammation and remodelling. © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
| Research Field: | Respiratory diseases |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Reid, DW (Dr David Reid) |
| UTAS Author: | Feltis, BN (Dr Bryce Feltis) |
| UTAS Author: | Johns, DP (Associate Professor David Johns) |
| UTAS Author: | Walters, EH (Professor Haydn Walters) |
| ID Code: | 36457 |
| Year Published: | 2005 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 43 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2005-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2006-05-11 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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