Smokers with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a chronic inflammation of the entire tracheobronchial tree characterized by an increased number of macrophages and CD8 T lymphocytes in the airway wall and of neutrophils in the airway lumen. Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are considered to reflect worsening of the underlying chronic inflammation of the airways, caused mainly by viral and bacterial infections and air pollution. During exacerbations, the inflammatory cellular pattern changes, with a further increase of eosinophils and/or neutrophils and various inflammatory mediators--for example, cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, RANTES [regulated upon activation normal T cell-expressed and secreted], and eotaxin-1), chemokines (CXCL5 [ENA-78], CXCL8), chemokine receptors (CCR3, CXCR1, and CXCR2), adhesion molecules (E-selectin and ICAM-1), and markers of oxidative stress (H(2)O(2) and 8-isoprostane, glutathione depletion). Worsening of inflammation is considered responsible for the deterioration of lung function and clinical status during exacerbations.

Pathophysiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / A., Papi; F., Luppi; F., Franco; Fabbri, Leonardo. - In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY. - ISSN 1546-3222. - STAMPA. - 3:3(2006), pp. 245-251. [10.1513/pats.200512-125SF]

Pathophysiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

FABBRI, Leonardo
2006

Abstract

Smokers with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a chronic inflammation of the entire tracheobronchial tree characterized by an increased number of macrophages and CD8 T lymphocytes in the airway wall and of neutrophils in the airway lumen. Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are considered to reflect worsening of the underlying chronic inflammation of the airways, caused mainly by viral and bacterial infections and air pollution. During exacerbations, the inflammatory cellular pattern changes, with a further increase of eosinophils and/or neutrophils and various inflammatory mediators--for example, cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, RANTES [regulated upon activation normal T cell-expressed and secreted], and eotaxin-1), chemokines (CXCL5 [ENA-78], CXCL8), chemokine receptors (CCR3, CXCR1, and CXCR2), adhesion molecules (E-selectin and ICAM-1), and markers of oxidative stress (H(2)O(2) and 8-isoprostane, glutathione depletion). Worsening of inflammation is considered responsible for the deterioration of lung function and clinical status during exacerbations.
2006
2006-May
3
245
251
A., Papi; F., Luppi; F., Franco; Fabbri, Leonardo
Pathophysiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / A., Papi; F., Luppi; F., Franco; Fabbri, Leonardo. - In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY. - ISSN 1546-3222. - STAMPA. - 3:3(2006), pp. 245-251. [10.1513/pats.200512-125SF]
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