TY  - JOUR
A1  - Eickmeier, Olaf
A1  - Boom, Louisa van den
A1  - Schreiner, Felix
A1  - Lentze, Michael J.
A1  - N'Gampolo, Doris
A1  - Schubert, Ralf
A1  - Zielen, Stefan
A1  - Schmitt-Grohé, Sabina
T1  - Transforming growth factor β1 genotypes in relation to TGFβ1, interleukin-8, and tumor necrosis factor alpha in induced sputum and blood in cystic fibrosis
T2  - Mediators of inflammation
N2  - Background: High-producer TGFβ1 genotypes are associated with severe lung disease in cystic fibrosis (CF), but studies combining IL-8, TNFα-, and TGFβ1(+genotype) levels and their impact on CF lung disease are scarce.
Aim: Assessing the relationship between TGFβ1, IL-8, and TNF-α and lung disease in CF in an exacerbation-free interval. 
Methods: Twenty four patients delta F508 homozygous (median age 20.5 y, Shwachman score 75, FEV1(%) 83) and 8 controls (median age 27.5 y) were examined. TGFβ1 was assessed in serum and induced sputum (IS) by ELISA, for IL-8 and TNF-α by chemiluminescence in IS and whole blood. Genotyping was performed for TGFβ1 C−509T and T+869C utilizing RFLP.
Results: TGFβ1 in IS (CF/controls median 76.5/59.1 pg/mL, P < 0.074) was higher in CF. There was a negative correlation between TGFβ1 in serum and lung function (LF) (FEV1 (r = −0.488, P = 0.025), MEF 25 (r = −0.425, P = 0.055), and VC (r = −0.572, P = 0.007)). Genotypes had no impact on TGFβ1 in IS, serum, and LF. In IS TGFβ1 correlated with IL-8 (r = 0.593, P < 0.007) and TNF-α (r = 0.536, P < 0.018) in patients colonized by bacteria with flagellin. 
Conclusion: TGFβ1 in serum not in IS correlates with LF. In patients colonized by bacteria with flagellin, TGFβ1 correlates with IL-8 and TNF-α in IS.
Y1  - 2013
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/33034
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-330342
SN  - 1466-1861
SN  - 0962-9351
N1  - Copyright © 2013 O. Eickmeier et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
VL  - 2013
IS  - Article ID 913135
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
PB  - Hindawi Publishing Corp.
CY  - Sylvania, Ohio
ER  -