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INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 178, Issue 3, Pages 264-271Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000494623
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Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Eosinophilic pneumonia; Eosinophils; Periostin; Transforming growth factor beta
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [15K09228]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K09228] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Background: Eosinophilic pneumonia (EP) is characterized by massive pulmonary infiltration by eosinophils. Although serum periostin is a novel marker for eosinophil-dominant asthma, the upregulation of periostin in the airway of asthmatics is controversial. In this study, we examined whether periostin concentrations are elevated in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of patients with EP. Methods: BAL was performed in healthy volunteers and in patients with acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP), chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP), and sarcoidosis. The periostin concentrations in the BALF were measured. Results: The periostin concentration in the BALF increased significantly with pulmonary eosinophilia and was higher in AEP and CEP patients than in healthy volunteers and sarcoidosis patients, even after adjusting the albumin concentration. In pulmonary eosinophilia, the periostin concentration correlated with the eosinophil and lymphocyte counts, the concentration of albumin, and the concentration of cytokines such as IL-5, IL-13, and transforming growth factor beta 1. Conclusions: Although some blood leakage may be involved in the elevation of periostin in the BALF of EP, periostin can be induced locally, at least in part. Therefore, periostin may play a role in the development of EP. (C) 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel
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