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Noninvasive Sampling of Mucosal Lining Fluid for the Quantification of In Vivo Upper Airway Immune-mediator Levels
Published on: August 7, 2017
[Features of innate immunity indicators in patients with recurrent exudative otitis media]
A I Kryukov1, L V Gankovskaya2, G P Bondareva2
1Sverzhevsky Research Clinical Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
The article presents the features of the indicators of the innate immune response (TLR4, IL1B, TGFB, HBD1, and HBD2) in the exudate of the tympanic cavity in patients with recurrent exudative otitis media (EOM) with normal patency of the auditory tube and its dysfunction. The results of the study demonstrate changes in the indices of the innate immune response characteristic of the inflammatory process in patients with recurrent EOM against the background of dysfunction of the auditory tube in comparison with the group where it is absent. The data obtained can be used to clarify the pathogenesis of otitis media with dysfunction of the auditory tube, to develop new methods of diagnosis, prevention and therapy.
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