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. 2016 Jan 14;2016:2930434. doi: 10.1155/2016/2930434

Table 1.

Oxidative stress markers in sputum of patients with inflammatory airway disease.

Markers Ref. Detection Study patients Main findings
MDA [34] LC-MS/MS Asthma, COPD (i) Increase in stable asthma and COPD
(ii) No relationship with LF
[35] HPLC COPD, AECOPD (i) Increase in stable COPD and AECOPD
(ii) Decrease upon recovery from AECOPD
(iii) No relationship with LF or sputum differential cell counts
[36] HPLC CF (i) Increase in stable CF
(ii) No relationship with LF or sputum differential cell counts
(iii) No association with NE/α 1-PI complex

Hexanal, heptanal, and nonanal [34] LC-MS/MS Asthma, COPD (i) Increase in hexanal and nonanal in stable COPD
(ii) Increase in hexanal in stable asthma

4-HHE, 4-HNE [34] LC-MS/MS Asthma, COPD No change in stable asthma or COPD

Acrolein [34] LC-MS/MS Asthma, COPD Increase in stable asthma and COPD#

8-Isoprostane [41] EIA Asthma (stable and acute), bronchiectasis (i) Increase in stable asthma and bronchiectasis
(ii) Further increase in acute asthma and decrease upon treatment
(iii) Correlation between FEV1 (% pred.) and log10FGF2α
[42] EIA HS, COPD (i) Increase in HS and stable COPD
(ii) Relationship with LF, PYI, and sputum neutrophils
[43] EIA HS, COPD (i) Increase in HS and stable COPD
(ii) No effect of aminoguanidine
[44] EIA Asthma, COPD Increase in COPD but not mild asthma
[45] EIA Asthma No change in asthma
[46] EIA COPD, AECOPD (i) Increase in AECOPD compared to stable COPD
(ii) Relationship with sputum neutrophils and lymphocytes in stable COPD
(iii) No correlations with LF
[48] EIA CF (i) Increase in acute but not stable CF
(ii) No effect of antibiotic treatment

Nitrosothiols [59] EIA COPD (i) Increase in stable COPD
(ii) Positive correlation with GSSG, but negative correlation with GSH in sputum
[60] EIA NAEB, CVA Higher in NAEB than in CVA

3-NT [66] IC Asthma, COPD (i) Increase in positive cells in stable asthma and COPD#
(ii) Negative correlation with FEV1 in COPD
[67] IC HS Increase in positive cells in HS compared to nonsmokers
[68] IC AECOPD Increase in positive cells in AECOPD
[69] IC Asthma (i) Increase in positive cells in refractory asthma compared to well-controlled asthma
(ii) Negative correlation with FEV1 (% pred)
[70] IC Asthma, COPD (i) No difference in positive cells between eosinophilic and noneosinophilic asthma
(ii) Decrease in positive cells in noneosinophilic asthma compared to COPD
[71, 72] HPLC, GC-MS CF Increase in stable CF

8-OHdG [81] ELISA COPD, HS, and bronchiectasis (i) Increase in stable COPD compared to HS and bronchiectasis
(ii) Increase in HS compared to nonsmokers
[82] ELISA Asthma, HS Increase in stable asthma and HS compared to nonsmokers

MDA: malondialdehyde, LC-MS/MS: liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, AECOPD: acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HPLC: high-performance liquid chromatography, CF: cystic fibrosis, NE/α 1-PI: neutrophil elastase/α 1-proteinase inhibitor, LF: lung function, 3-NT: 3-nitrotyrosine, EIA: enzyme immunoassay, 4-HHE: 4-hydroxyhexanal, 4-HNE: 4-hydroxynonenal, FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second, HS: healthy smokers, PYI: pack-year index, IC: immunocytostaining, 8-OHdG: 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine, GSH: glutathione, GSSG: glutathione disulfide, NAEB: nonasthmatic eosinophil bronchitis, CVA: cough variant asthma, and ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays; #markers and/or positive cells not detectable in healthy controls.