Multiple circulating cytokines are coelevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Inflammatory biomarkers, including cytokines, are associated with COPD, but the association of particular circulating cytokines with systemic pathology remains equivocal. To investigate this, we developed a protein microarray system to detect multiple cytokines in small volumes of serum. Fourteen cy...

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Main Authors: Selvarajah, Senthooran, Todd, Ian, Tighe, Patrick J., John, Michelle, Bolton, Charlotte E., Harrison, Timothy W., Fairclough, Lucy C.
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Published: Hindawi 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37080/
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author Selvarajah, Senthooran
Todd, Ian
Tighe, Patrick J.
John, Michelle
Bolton, Charlotte E.
Harrison, Timothy W.
Fairclough, Lucy C.
author_facet Selvarajah, Senthooran
Todd, Ian
Tighe, Patrick J.
John, Michelle
Bolton, Charlotte E.
Harrison, Timothy W.
Fairclough, Lucy C.
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description Inflammatory biomarkers, including cytokines, are associated with COPD, but the association of particular circulating cytokines with systemic pathology remains equivocal. To investigate this, we developed a protein microarray system to detect multiple cytokines in small volumes of serum. Fourteen cytokines were measured in serum from never-smokers, ex-smokers, current smokers, and COPD patients (GOLD stages 1–3). Certain individual circulating cytokines (particularly TNFa and IL-1b) were significantly elevated in concentration in the serum of particular COPD patients (and some current/ex-smokers without COPD) and may serve as markers of particularly significant systemic inflammation. However, numerous circulating cytokines were raised such that their combined, but not individual, elevation was significantly associated with severity of disease, and these may be further indicators of, and contributors to, the systemic inflammatory manifestations of COPD. The coelevation of numerous circulating cytokines in COPD is consistent with the insidious development, chronic nature, and systemic comorbidities of the disease.
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spelling nottingham-370802020-05-04T17:59:52Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37080/ Multiple circulating cytokines are coelevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Selvarajah, Senthooran Todd, Ian Tighe, Patrick J. John, Michelle Bolton, Charlotte E. Harrison, Timothy W. Fairclough, Lucy C. Inflammatory biomarkers, including cytokines, are associated with COPD, but the association of particular circulating cytokines with systemic pathology remains equivocal. To investigate this, we developed a protein microarray system to detect multiple cytokines in small volumes of serum. Fourteen cytokines were measured in serum from never-smokers, ex-smokers, current smokers, and COPD patients (GOLD stages 1–3). Certain individual circulating cytokines (particularly TNFa and IL-1b) were significantly elevated in concentration in the serum of particular COPD patients (and some current/ex-smokers without COPD) and may serve as markers of particularly significant systemic inflammation. However, numerous circulating cytokines were raised such that their combined, but not individual, elevation was significantly associated with severity of disease, and these may be further indicators of, and contributors to, the systemic inflammatory manifestations of COPD. The coelevation of numerous circulating cytokines in COPD is consistent with the insidious development, chronic nature, and systemic comorbidities of the disease. Hindawi 2016-07-25 Article PeerReviewed Selvarajah, Senthooran, Todd, Ian, Tighe, Patrick J., John, Michelle, Bolton, Charlotte E., Harrison, Timothy W. and Fairclough, Lucy C. (2016) Multiple circulating cytokines are coelevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mediators of Inflammation, 2016 . p. 3604842. ISSN 1466-1861 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mi/2016/3604842/ doi:10.1155/2016/3604842 doi:10.1155/2016/3604842
spellingShingle Selvarajah, Senthooran
Todd, Ian
Tighe, Patrick J.
John, Michelle
Bolton, Charlotte E.
Harrison, Timothy W.
Fairclough, Lucy C.
Multiple circulating cytokines are coelevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title Multiple circulating cytokines are coelevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title_full Multiple circulating cytokines are coelevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title_fullStr Multiple circulating cytokines are coelevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title_full_unstemmed Multiple circulating cytokines are coelevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title_short Multiple circulating cytokines are coelevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
title_sort multiple circulating cytokines are coelevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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