Airway inflammation in thunderstorm asthma

• Published in: Clinical and experimental allergy Vol. 32; no. 12; pp. 1750 - 1756
• Main Authors: Wark, P. A. B., Simpson, J., Hensley, M. J., Gibson, P. G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.12.2002; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Airway Obstruction - complications; Allergens - adverse effects; Allergic diseases; asthma; Asthma - etiology; Asthma - immunology; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Cell Degranulation; eosinophil; Eosinophils - pathology; Female; Humans; Hypersensitivity, Immediate - complications; IL-5; Immunopathology; Interleukin-5 - analysis; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Eosinophilia - complications; Respiratory and ent allergic diseases; Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal - complications; Risk Factors; Skin Tests - methods; sputum; Sputum - cytology; thunderstorm; Weather; Human; Immunopathology; Allergy; Respiratory disease; Pathogenesis; Cytokine; Granulocyte; IL-5; Inflammation; Thunderstorm; Eosinophil; Asthma; Respiratory tract; Interleukin 5; Sputum; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Aggravation

Summary Background Epidemics of acute asthma associated with thunderstorms occur intermittently worldwide, though airway inflammation during these acute episodes has not been characterized. The aim of this study was to characterize airway inflammation in thunderstorm asthma. Methods Cases were recru...