BLOOD EOSINOPHIL LEUKOCYTE AND EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN - INVIVO STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF BETA-2-ADRENERGIC DRUGS AND STEROID MEDICATION

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 59  (6) , 319-322
Abstract
The in vivo effect of .beta.2-adrenergic stimulating and blocking drugs and of corticosteroid medication on human blood eosinophils and serum eosinophil cationic protein (S-ECP) was studied. The .beta.2-adrenergic drugs, salbutamol and terbutaline, had an eosinopenic effect. They were able to decrease S-ECP concentration, which administration of steroid was not, indicating that only the adrenergic stimulators affect leukocyte secretion. Care must be taken in interpretation of blood eosinophil count and S-ECP concentration, and the actual medical treatment must be known.