Airway inflammation assessed by invasive and noninvasive means in severe asthma:: Eosinophilic and noneosinophilic phenotypes

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作者
Lemiere, Catherine
Ernst, Pierre
Olivenstein, Ron
Yamauchi, Yasuhiro
Govindaraju, Karuthapillai
Ludwig, Mara S.
Martin, James G.
Hamid, Gutayba
机构
[1] Hop Sacre Coeur, Dept Chest Med, Montreal, PQ H4J 1C5, Canada
[2] McGill Univ, Meakins Christie Labs, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T5, Canada
[3] McGill Univ, Montreal Chest Inst, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T5, Canada
关键词
severe asthma; bronchial biopsies; exhaled nitric oxide; induced sputum;
D O I
10.1016/j.jaci.2006.08.003
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Background: Airway inflammation assessed by bronchial biopsies demonstrates distinct eosinophilic and noneosinophilic phenotypes in severe asthma, but their relationship to other biomarkers of disease (induced sputum and nitric oxide [NO]) is not clear. Objectives: We sought to compare airway inflammation using noninvasive (induced sputum, exhaled NO), and invasive (bronchial biopsies) methods in moderate and severe asthma and to assess whether induced sputum and exhaled NO would allow the identification of eosinophilic and noneosinophilic phenotypes in severe asthma. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of 32 subjects with severe asthma and 35 subjects with moderate asthma, from whom we obtained bronchial biopsies, induced sputum, and exhaled NO measurements. Results: Among subjects with severe asthma, we identified eosinophilic and noneosinophilic phenotypes using both bronchial biopsies and sputum cell counts. However, the vast majority of subjects with high sputum eosinophil counts did not have high mucosal eosinophil counts. Exhaled NO was increased in the eosinophilic phenotype as judged from bronchial biopsy findings, but not on the basis of induced sputum. Subjects with high sputum eosinophil counts experienced more asthma exacerbations than the subjects with low sputum eosinophil counts. In contrast, we did not find any differences in the clinical characteristics between eosinophilic and noncosinophilic phenotypes that were identified by bronchial biopsies. Conclusion: The use of sputum cell counts allowed the identification of a subgroup of subjects with severe asthma who were at risk of more frequent asthma exacerbations. Clinical implications: Monitoring sputum eosinophil counts in subjects with severe asthma may allow identifying the subjects with the greatest disease activity.
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