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Sex Hormones in Allergic Conjunctivitis: Altered Levels of Circulating Androgens and Estrogens in Children and Adolescents with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis
Joint Authors
Mantelli, Flavio
Sacchetti, Marta
Lambiase, Alessandro
Moretti, Costanzo
Bonini, Stefano
Source
Journal of Immunology Research
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-01-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a chronic allergic disease mainly affecting boys in prepubertal age and usually recovering after puberty.
To evaluate a possible role of sex hormones in VKC, serum levels of sex hormones in children and adolescents with VKC were assessed.
Methods.
12 prepubertal and 7 early pubertal boys with active VKC and 6 male patients with VKC in remission phase at late pubertal age and 48 healthy age and sex-matched subjects were included.
Serum concentration of estrone, 17 beta-estradiol, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, total testosterone and free testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), cortisol, delta-4-androstenedione, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and sex-hormones binding globuline (SHBG) were evaluated.
Results.
Serum levels of Estrone were significantly increased in all groups of patients with VKC when compared to healthy controls (P<0.001).
Prepubertal and early pubertal VKC showed a significant decrease in DHT (P=0.007 and P=0.028, resp.) and SHBG (P=0.01 and P=0.002, resp.) when compared to controls and serum levels of SHBG were increased in late pubertal VKC in remission phase (P=0.007).
Conclusions and Relevance.
VKC patients have different circulating sex hormone levels in different phases of the disease and when compared to nonallergic subjects.
These findings suggest a role played by sex hormones in the pathogenesis and/or activity of VKC.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sacchetti, Marta& Lambiase, Alessandro& Moretti, Costanzo& Mantelli, Flavio& Bonini, Stefano. 2015. Sex Hormones in Allergic Conjunctivitis: Altered Levels of Circulating Androgens and Estrogens in Children and Adolescents with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis. Journal of Immunology Research،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sacchetti, Marta…[et al.]. Sex Hormones in Allergic Conjunctivitis: Altered Levels of Circulating Androgens and Estrogens in Children and Adolescents with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis. Journal of Immunology Research No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sacchetti, Marta& Lambiase, Alessandro& Moretti, Costanzo& Mantelli, Flavio& Bonini, Stefano. Sex Hormones in Allergic Conjunctivitis: Altered Levels of Circulating Androgens and Estrogens in Children and Adolescents with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis. Journal of Immunology Research. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1068646
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1068646