Effect of specific immunotherapy in eosinophil cationic protein release after specific nasal provocation

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 243-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Branco Ferreira ◽  
S Silva ◽  
M.C.Pereira dos Santos ◽  
M.L.Palma Carlos ◽  
A.G.Palma Carlos
Keyword(s):  
Specific Immunotherapy ◽  
Eosinophil Cationic Protein ◽  
Protein Release ◽  
Cationic Protein ◽  
Nasal Provocation

Mechanisms of Eosinophil Cationic Protein Release in the Serum: Role of Adhesion Molecules

1999 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiko Kato ◽  
Takao Fujisawa ◽  
Akihiko Terada ◽  
Kosei Iguchi ◽  
Hitoshi Kamiya
Keyword(s):  
Adhesion Molecules ◽  
Eosinophil Cationic Protein ◽  
Protein Release ◽  
Cationic Protein

scholarly journals Blood eosinophils and serum eosinophil cationic protein in patients with acute and chronic urticaria

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Di Lorenzo ◽  
P. Mansueto ◽  
M. Melluso ◽  
G. Candore ◽  
D. Cigna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Urticaria ◽  
Eosinophil Cationic Protein ◽  
Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria ◽  
Blood Eosinophil ◽  
Cationic Protein ◽  
Acute Urticaria ◽  
Asymptomatic Patients ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Blood Eosinophils ◽  
Eosinophil Counts

We have analysed the relationship of blood eosinophil count and serum eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) levels in patients with acute and chronic idiopathic urticaria. The ECP levels and eosinophil counts were measured in the peripheral blood of 15 patients with acute urticaria, 25 with chronic idiopathic urticaria and 10 normal healthy subjects. Blood eosinophil counts and serum ECP levels increased in all patients with acute urticaria. Concerning patients affected by chronic urticaria, taking into account the recrudescence of the disease at the moment of taking the blood sample, only symptomatic patients showed increased eosinophil blood values whereas serum ECP levels were increased both in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Furthermore, serum ECP levels in chronic urticaria did not correlate with the peripheral eosinophil counts, as they did in acute urticaria. The results of the present study indicate that eosinophils may play a role in the inflammatory mechanisms in patients with acute and chronic urticaria showing a positive correlation between serum ECP levels and disease activity.

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