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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
Airway reactivity to cold air and methacholine, alpha-adrenergic and cholinergic reactivity measured as pupillary responses to phenylephrine and carbachol, respectively, and beta-adrenergic reactivity assessed by lymphocyte adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) response to isoproterenol were compared in 108 parents of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and 133 healthy adult controls. No differences were found between CF parents and controls in airway response to cold air or methacholine or in lymphocyte cAMP response to isoproterenol. Significant differences were found, however, in the response of the pupils to both phenylephrine and carbachol. Heterozygotes for CF have more reactive pupils; i.e., they require smaller doses of agonist for a 10% change in pupil size. In control subjects, the response of the pupils to phenylephrine and carbachol is highly correlated (r = 0.45, P less than 0.001), whereas in CF heterozygotes, the correlation is not significantly different from zero (r = -0.02). In controls, the pupil response to carbachol has a significant negative correlation with cold air response (r = 0.39, P less than 0.05), indicating that those whose pupils were most sensitive to carbachol had the greatest airway reactivity to cold air, but in CF heterozygotes the correlation is not significant (r = 0.10). A significant correlation exists between lymphocyte cAMP response and airway cold air response in CF heterozygotes (r = -0.32, P less than 0.05) (those whose beta-adrenergic responsiveness is low have greater airway reactivity), but not in controls. The CF parents with the most reactive airways tend to have lower beta-adrenergic responses.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
8750-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2124-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Heterozygotes for cystic fibrosis: models for study of airway and autonomic reactivity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.