[Asthma and pregnancy: some immunologic aspects].
We studied two groups of pregnant women: 30 asthmatic and 20 non- asthmatic ones (as control), within a eleven-month period. We filled clinical data with inclusion and exclusion criteria for our investigation. We performed tests for determination of E, G, A and M immunoglobulins; and spontaneous rosettes tests and lymphocytic CD4+ and CD8+ subpopulations, as well. We found high IgE levels in the asthmatic pregnant women, in each pregnancy quarter. In relation to IgG and IgA we found a diminishing tendency from the beginning to the end of pregnancy, with statistical meaning, in beth groups of women. We didn't get significant variations for IgM, spontaneous rosettes and lymphocytic CD4+ and CD8+ subpopulations levels, in any of the two pregnant groups, in any of three pregnancy quarters, in our investigation.
Alfonso Fernández
L A
LA
Facultad número uno, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Márquez Chacón
A
A
Estruch Fajardo
I
I
Gómez Echevarría
A H
AH
Lastra Alfonso
G
G
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000097:blood*; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000276:immunology*; D012397:Rosette Formation
D007136:Immunoglobulins; D007073:Immunoglobulin E
Asma y embarazo: algunos aspectos inmunológicos.