Objective: To evaluatethe the relationship between serum progranulin (PGRN) and severity of asthma, airway inflammation in children with acute neutrophilic asthma exacerbation. Methods: A total of 185 children in pediatric department of our hospital from January to October in 2019 were selected, including 115 children with acute asthma exacerbation (acute group) and 70 children with asthma at clinical remission stage (remission group). All the children underwent sputum induction, and the cellular composition of the sputum was evaluated. Then 30 healthy children were selected as the control group, and the serum PGRN level was detected. The serum PGRN level, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin-8 (IL-8), whole blood neutropenia (NEU) and pulmonary function parameters [forced vital capacity(FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second(FEV1), percentage of forced expiratory volume in one second in the projected value (FEV1%pred), forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity (FEV1 / FVC), peak expiratory flow (PEF)] were detected. The value of serum PGRN level in diagnosing severity of disease was evaluated by multivariate Logistic regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results: The serum PGRN level of the acute group and the remission group was lower than that of the control group, especially the serum PGRN level of the acute group was more significantly decreased (P<0.05). In the acute group, the serum PGRN level of children with neutrophilic asthma was lower than that of children with eosinophilic asthma (P<0.05). By the Pearson correlation analysis, the serum PGRN level was positive correlation with FEV1%pred, FEV1/FVC, PEF in children with acute neutrophilic asthma exacerbation (r=0.756, 0.703, 0.411, P<0.001), and the serum PGRN level was negative correlation with the level of serum TNF-α, IL-8,complete blood NEU count (r=-0.537, -0.541, -0.413, P<0.001). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that increased serum PGRN level was an independent protective factor for the severe asthma in children with acute neutrophilic asthma exacerbation (OR=0.886, 95%CI: 0.847-0.958, P<0.001), and ROC curve analysis showed that the predicted area under the curve of the serum PGRN level for diagnosing the severe asthma in children with acute neutrophilic asthma exacerbation was 0.876(95%CI:0.781-0.972), and the sensitivity and specificity were respectively 73.90% and 88.50%. Conclusion: The detection of serum PGRN level in children with acute neutrophilic asthma exacerbation can reflect the severity of asthma disease, and it is expected to be a new potential target for inhibiting neutrophilic airway hyperreactivity. |
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