Oxidative stress and its determinants in the airways of children with asthma

DUT R., Dizdar E. A., BİRBEN E., Sackesen C., Soyer O. U., Besler T., ...More

ALLERGY, vol.63, no.12, pp.1605-1609, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 63 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01766.x
  • Journal Name: ALLERGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1605-1609
  • Keywords: asthma, exhaled breath condensate, glutathione, malondialdehyde, oxidation, EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE, ALLERGIC SUBJECTS, CHILDHOOD ASTHMA, INFLAMMATION, GLUTATHIONE, 8-ISOPROSTANE, CHALLENGE
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

There is ample evidence for the existence of a systemic oxidative stress in childhood asthma but relatively little information on the oxidant stress in the airways.