Table 2.
– Individual levels of eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) and interleukin‐8 (IL‐8) in lavages obtained after the initial allergen challenge (103 SQ‐U) which was carried out before as well as after nasal rhinovirus inoculation in the 17 patients who developed common cold symptoms
| Subject No. | ECP µg·mL‐1 | IL‐8 pg·mL‐1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | |
| 1 | 3.1 | 255.0 | 50.1 | 1451.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 26.7 | 99.4 | 383.8 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 197.4 | 191.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 8.4 | 56.9 | 707.4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 101.5 | 212.9 |
| 6 | 0 | 6.9 | 67.7 | 506.2 |
| 7 | 0 | 4.1 | 278.0 | 139.1 |
| 8 | 4.1 | 460.0 | 319.7 | 16390.5 |
| 9 | 0 | 21.9 | 91.0 | 278.2 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 42.2 | 375.7 |
| 11 | 0 | 2.2 | 206.2 | 365.0 |
| 12 | 4.0 | 9.3 | 152.9 | 720.3 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | 94.2 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 129.4 | 281.6 |
| 15 | 2.1 | 0 | 254.8 | 88.3 |
| 16 | 0 | 19.4 | 57.5 | 2334.3 |
| 17 | 0 | 156.0 | 59.6 | 1092.4 |
The exudative allergen challenge caused acute luminal entry of IL‐8 (p<0.01) as well as ECP (p<0.01) after inoculation when these subjects experienced common cold symptoms. SQ‐U: standard quantity units.