title: Serum IL-17 & eotaxin levels in asthmatic patients with allergic rhinitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the serum levels of Interleukin (IL)-17 and eotaxin levels and the relationship between serum IL-17, eotaxin and pulmonary function in asthmatic patients with allergic rhinitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Serum IL-17 and eotaxin levels in asthmatic patients with allergic rhinitis during attacking and remission and in healthy control subjects were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. Then we studied the correlation between the serum IL-17, eotaxin levels and pulmonary function in patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Serum IL-17 and eotaxin levels were significantly elevated in patients during asthma attack and remission compared with healthy control subjects. These levels in patients during asthma attack were much higher than those during remission. Furthermore, serum IL-17 and eotaxin levels were negatively correlated with pulmonary function in asthmatic patients with allergic rhinitis, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that IL-17 and eotaxin are important factors in asthma with allergic rhinitis, and the correlation between serum IL-17, eotaxin and lung function possibly lead to improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma with allergic rhinitis and related diseases.
authors.affiliation: Hong Lv, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Taicang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215400, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: Bing Lu, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Taicang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215400, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Xing-jia Qian, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Taicang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215400, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xing-Jia
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: Jian-an Huang, Department of Respiratory Disease & Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jian-An
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Tie-feng Qiu, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Wujin Hospital of Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213002, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Tie-Feng
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Qiu
keywords: Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Eotaxin; IL-17