First author, year [reference] | Location | Method | Measure | Results |
Chang, 2011 [41] | Epithelium | IHC | IL-17A+ cells | S-COPD (n=16) = HC (n=15) |
Di Stefano, 2009 [43] | Epithelium | IHC | IL-17A+ and IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=28) = HS (n=11) = HNS (n=8) |
Eustace, 2011 [38] | Epithelium | IHC | IL-17A+ and IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=18) = HS (n=10) = HNS (n=10) |
Montalbano, 2015 [44] | Epithelium | IHC | IL-17A+ and IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=15) > HNS (n=10) |
Chang, 2011 [41] | Epithelium | IHC | IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=16) > HC (n=15) |
Di Stefano, 2009 [43] | Epithelium | IHC | IL-22+ cells | S-COPD (n=28) > HS (n=11) > HNS (n=8)# |
Di Stefano, 2009 [43] | Submucosa | IHC | IL-17A+ cells | S-COPD (n=28) = HS (n=11) > HNS (n=8) |
Doe, 2010 [37] | Submucosa | IHC | IL-17A+ cells | S-COPD (n=10) > HS (n=14) > HNS (n=10)# |
Eustace, 2011 [38] | Submucosa | IHC | IL-17A+ cells | S-COPD (n=18) > HS (n=10) = HNS (n=10) |
Chang, 2011 [41] | Submucosa | IHC | IL-17A+ and IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=16) > HC (n=15) |
Montalbano, 2015 [44] | Submucosa | IHC | IL-17A+ and IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=15) > HNS (n=10) |
Di Stefano, 2009 [43] | Submucosa | IHC | IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=28) = HS (n=11) = HNS (n=8) |
Doe, 2010 [37] | Submucosa | IHC | IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=10) = HS (n=14) = HNS (n=10) |
Eustace, 2011 [38] | Submucosa | IHC | IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=18) = HS (n=10) = HNS (n=10) |
Di Stefano, 2009 [43] | Submucosa | IHC | IL-22+ cells | S-COPD (n=28) > HS (n=11) > HNS (n=8)# |
Zhang, 2013 [46] | Small airways | IF | IL-17A+ CD4+ T-cells | S-COPD (n=10) > HS (n=10) = HNS (n=10) |
Eustace, 2011 [38] | Lymphoid follicles | IHC | IL-17A+ and IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=18) = HS (n=10) = HNS (n=10) |
Imani, 2016 [26] | TBLB | ELISA | IL-17A levels | S-COPD (n=9) > HNS (n=8) |
Chu, 2011 [42] | Alveolar wall | IHC | IL-17A+ cells | S-COPD (n=10) > HS (n=10) > HNS (n=10) |
Eustace, 2011 [38] | Alveolar wall | IHC | IL-17A+ and IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=18) = HS (n=10) = HNS (n=10) |
Zhang, 2013 [46] | Alveolar wall | IF | IL-17A+ CD4+ T-cells | S-COPD (n=10) = HS (n=10) > HNS (n=10) |
Roos, 2015 [45] | Peripheral lung | IHC | IL-17A+ and IL-17F+ cells | S-COPD (n=30) > HC (n=15) |