Elio Rossi, Mads Lausen, Nina Friesgaard Øbro, Antonella Colque, Bibi Uhre Nielsen, Rikke Møller, Camilla de Gier, Annemette Hald, Marianne Skov, Tacjana Pressler, Søren Molin, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Hanne Vibeke Marquart, Helle Krogh Johansen
BACKGROUND: Excessive inflammation and recurrent airway infections characterize people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF), a disease with highly heterogeneous clinical outcomes. How the overall immune response is affected in pwCF, its relationships with the lung microbiome, and the source of clinical heterogeneity have not been fully elucidated. METHODS: Peripheral blood and sputum samples were collected from 28 pwCF and an age-matched control group. Systemic immune cell subsets and surface markers were quantified using multiparameter flow cytometry...
May 2, 2024: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis: Official Journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society