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Review
. 2019 Jun;49(6):929-931.
doi: 10.1111/cea.13389. Epub 2019 Apr 9.

Do eosinophils contribute to oxidative stress in mild asthma?

Linsey E S de Groot  1   2 , Yanaika S Sabogal Piñeros  1   2 , Suzanne M Bal  1   2 , Marianne A van de Pol  1 , Jörg Hamann  2 , Peter J Sterk  1 , Wim Kulik  3 , René Lutter  1   2
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Review

Do eosinophils contribute to oxidative stress in mild asthma?

Linsey E S de Groot et al. Clin Exp Allergy. 2019 Jun.
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The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

Figures

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Figure 1
Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) levels of MDA (A, D, G and J), nitrotyrosine (B, E, H and K) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) (C, F, I and L) before and after RV16 challenge and corresponding delta values in patients treated with placebo (black dots) or mepolizumab (grey triangles). Dots/triangles represent patient individuals; bars and whiskers represent mean ± SEM. Paired or unpaired t‐tests: *P < 0.05
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