PMID- 10596682 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000107 LR - 20220331 IS - 0903-1936 (Print) IS - 0903-1936 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 5 DP - 1999 Nov TI - Bronchodilator responsiveness and serum total IgE levels in families of probands with severe early-onset COPD. PG - 1009-14 AB - Bronchodilator responsiveness has been associated with a subsequent accelerated decline in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). Therefore, bronchodilator responsiveness and total serum immunoglobulin E(IgE) levels were assessed in 184 adult first-degree relatives of probands with severe early-onset chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and a control group. Greater bronchodilator responsiveness was found among current smokers or exsmokers who were first-degree relatives of early-onset COPD probands than in currently or exsmoking controls, expressed as increase in FEV1 as a percentage of baseline (5.8+/-8.1 versus 2.9+/-5.1%, p<0.01), absolute increase in FEV1 from baseline (120+/-130 versus 60+/-110 mL, p<0.05), and increase in FEV1 as a percentage of the predicted value (3.6:4.1 versus 2.2+/-3.9%, p<0.05). However, elevated total serum IgE levels were not found in first-degree relatives of early-onset COPD probands compared with control subjects. The increased bronchodilator responsiveness among currently smoking/exsmoking first-degree relatives of early-onset COPD probands suggests that these individuals may have enhanced susceptibility to the detrimental effects of cigarette smoking. FAU - Celedon, J C AU - Celedon JC AD - Channing Laboratory, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Speizer, F E AU - Speizer FE FAU - Drazen, J M AU - Drazen JM FAU - Weiss, S T AU - Weiss ST FAU - Campbell, E J AU - Campbell EJ FAU - Carey, V J AU - Carey VJ FAU - Reilly, J J AU - Reilly JJ FAU - Ginns, L AU - Ginns L FAU - Silverman, E K AU - Silverman EK LA - eng GR - HL07427/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL46440/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - MO1 RR02635/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - Eur Respir J JT - The European respiratory journal JID - 8803460 RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Bronchial Provocation Tests MH - Bronchoconstriction/*physiology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Family MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin E/*blood MH - Lung Diseases, Obstructive/etiology/*genetics MH - Middle Aged MH - Smoking/physiopathology MH - Spirometry EDAT- 1999/12/22 00:00 MHDA- 1999/12/22 00:01 CRDT- 1999/12/22 00:00 PHST- 1999/12/22 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/12/22 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/12/22 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1183/09031936.99.14510099 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur Respir J. 1999 Nov;14(5):1009-14. doi: 10.1183/09031936.99.14510099.