• 1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, 637000, China;
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ChenXiaoju, Email: cxj9592@163.com
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Objective   To investigate the role of macrophage stimulating protein (MSP) in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods   Ninety subjects were recruited from health examination center, outpatient or inpatient department in Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College from July 2013 to December 2013. They were divided intoahealthy control group, a stable COPD group, and an acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) group with 30 subjects in each group. The levels of MSP, interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in the plasma of all subjects, as well as the levels of MSP in the induced sputum of the AECOPD and the stable COPD patients were assessed by enzyme-linked-immuno-sorbent assay. Results   The concentrations of MSP, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α in the plasma of the patients with COPD were obviously higher than those of the healthy controls (P<0.05) while much higher in AECOPD patients than those in stable COPD patients (P<0.01).The concentration of MSP in the induced sputum of the patients with AECOPD was higher than that in the stable COPD patients (P<0.01). The concentrations of MSP in the serum and induced sputum as well as serum levels of IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α in the patients with COPD were negatively correlated with the level of FEV1%pred. The concentrations of MSP in the serum and induced sputum in the COPD patients were positively correlated with the concentrations of IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α. Conclusions   The concentrations of serum and induced sputum MSP, and the serum concentrations of IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α in COPD patients are related to the severity of the disease. MSP may play an important role in the pathogenesis of COPD. The mechanism might be mainly involved in the regulation of airway inflammation.

Citation: ZhangWenbo, ChenXiaoju, LengChangyan, XiangXiaojun. The Expression and Significance of Macrophage Stimulating Protein in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2016, 15(2): 115-118. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.2016029 Copy

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