University of Basrah Discusses the Role of IgA Deficiency, IL-9, IL-13, and hs-CRP in Asthma Patients
A master’s thesis at the College of Medicine, University of Basrah, examined the role of IgA deficiency, IL-9, IL-13, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in southern Iraqi asthma patients as a risk factor for recurrent respiratory tract infections.
The thesis, presented by Hussein Younis Ouda, aimed to investigate the presence or absence of IgA deficiency in asthma patients with recurrent respiratory infections, in addition to exploring the role of IgA, IL-9, IL-13, and hs-CRP as risk factors influencing the disease condition.
The study concluded that IgA levels in 77% of patients were higher than or within the average of the control group, while 23% of patients had IgA levels below the control group’s average. However, among all patients and control subjects included in the study, no cases of IgA immunodeficiency were observed, indicating that such an investigation would require a sample size of over one thousand cases to increase the likelihood of detecting a signal.
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