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A Method for Generating Pulmonary Neutrophilia Using Aerosolized Lipopolysaccharide
Published on: December 15, 2014
Functional Activity of Blood Neutrophils in Patients with Stable Course and Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive
N I Kubysheva1, L B Postnikova2, V V Novikov3,4
1Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. aibolit70@mail.ru.
Abstract:
We performed a comparative study of the parameters of chemiluminescence of blood neutrophils in patients with different severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in its different periods. The maximum values of induced and spontaneous chemiluminescence were recorded at moderate severity of the disease during exacerbation. Low levels of chemiluminescence indicators were found in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the stable phase. The values of the induction period of the chemiluminescent response in patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were higher than in the control group. Correlations between the values of induced chemiluminescence of neutrophils and the respiration function parameter FEV1 were established, which may indicate the influence of multidirectional changes in the functional activity of systemic neutrophils on the development and worsening of airway obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.
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