Simultaneously elevated exhaled nitric oxide and serum-eosinophil cationic protein relate to recent asthma events in asthmatics in a cross-sectional population-based study.

Ida MogensenK AlvingA BjergM P BorresG HedlinJ SommarS-E DahlénC JansonA Malinovschi

Published in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2016)

FeNO and S-ECP are markers for inflammation in asthma, but are dependent on different inflammatory pathways and weakly correlated. Simultaneous measurements of both offer better risk characterization of adult asthmatics.

Keyphrases

nitric oxide
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
oxidative stress
allergic rhinitis
hydrogen peroxide
nitric oxide synthase
air pollution
protein protein
amino acid
binding protein
young adults
small molecule