Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Jul;144(1):304-306.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.04.007. Epub 2019 Apr 25.
High circulating IL-6 may define a phenotype of asthma associated with obesity and systemic inflammation. We demonstrate that circulating IL-6 is higher in African-American patients with asthma, and that race-specific thresholds should be considered.
高循环白细胞介素 6 可能定义了一种与肥胖和全身炎症相关的哮喘表型。我们证明,患有哮喘的非裔美国患者的循环白细胞介素 6 水平更高,因此应该考虑种族特异性的阈值。