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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY
卷 47, 期 1, 页码 48-56出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12848
关键词
allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; allergic fungal airway disease; Aspergillus fumigatus; asthma; lung damage
资金
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
- Asthma UK [AUK-PG-2013-208, AUK-PHD-2013-250] Funding Source: researchfish
BackgroundImmunological biomarkers are the key to the diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and fungal sensitisation, but how these relate to clinically relevant outcomes is unclear. ObjectivesTo assess how fungal immunological biomarkers are related to fixed airflow obstruction and radiological abnormalities in moderate to severe asthma. MethodsCross-sectional study of 431 asthmatics. Inflammatory biomarkers, lung function and an IgE fungal panel to colonising filamentous fungi, yeasts and fungal aeroallergens were measured. CT scans were scored for the presence of radiological abnormalities. Factor analysis informed the variables used in a k-means cluster analysis. Fixed airflow obstruction and radiological abnormalities were then mapped to these immunological variables in the cluster analysis. Results329 (76.3%) subjects were sensitised to 1 fungi. Sensitisation to Aspergillus fumigatus and/or Penicillium chrysogenum was associated with a lower post-bronchodilator FEV1 compared with those not sensitised to fungi ((73.0 (95% CI 70.2-76) vs. 82.8 (95% CI 78.5-87.2)% predicted, P < 0.001), independent of atopic status (P = 0.005)), and an increased frequency of bronchiectasis (54.5%, P < 0.001), tree-in-bud (18.7%, P < 0.001) and collapse/consolidation (37.5%, P = 0.002). Cluster analysis identified three clusters: (i) hypereosinophilic (n = 71, 16.5%), (ii) high immunological biomarker load and high frequency of radiological abnormalities (n = 34, 7.9%) and (iii) low levels of fungal immunological biomarkers (n = 326, 75.6%). Conclusions and Clinical RelevanceIgE sensitisation to thermotolerant filamentous fungi, in particular A. fumigatus but not total IgE, is associated with fixed airflow obstruction and a number of radiological abnormalities in moderate to severe asthma. All patients with IgE sensitisation to A. fumigatus are at risk of lung damage irrespective of whether they meet the criteria for ABPA.
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