Serum leptin level in children with atopic dermatitis-treated topical steroids

Authors: Bostanci I.1; Atli Ö.2; Çelebinodot N.3; Tascedilar A.2; Alpkarakoç E.4; Dallar Y.5

Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Volume 15, Number 3, June 2004 , pp. 267-269(3)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Bostanci Idot, Atli Ö, Çelebi· N, Tascedilar A, Alpkarakoç E, Dallar Y. Serum leptin level in children with atopic dermatitis-treated topical steroids.

Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2004: 15: 267–269. © 2004 Blackwell Munksgaard

Leptin, the obese gene product, is a 16-kDa peptide hormone secreted by adiposities. Systemic administration of exogenous glucocorticoids has been found to increase circulating leptin levels. In this study, we aimed to assess serum leptin in children with atopic dermatitis (AD)-treated with local steroids. Twenty children with AD were included during the 2001–2002 time period. The study was conducted prospectively. Atopy was defined as the presence of at least one aeroallergen-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody. Serum leptin was determined using a commercially available radioimmunoassay kit with 3.4–8.3% intra-assay and 3.0–6.2% interassay coefficients of variation, and 0.5 ng/ml sensitivity. Fourteen boys and six girls with AD, the mean age of the patients was 3.1 ± 2.2. Forty-three percentage of the family histories for atopy were positive, 60% of the cases passive smoking histories were positive. In seven patients the aeroallergen-specific IgE were positive. All 20 patients treated clobetasone 17-butirate (0.05%). There was no significant difference in serum leptin between patients (mean ± s.d.: 4.6 ± 3.8), and controls (mean ± s.d.: 6.2 ± 3.6) (p > 0.05). Local steroid does not influence circulating leptin levels, suggesting that regulation of body weight is unaffected.

Keywords: atopic dermatitis; leptin; topical steroid

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2004.00145.x

Affiliations: 1: Pediatric Allergy 2: Pediatrics 3: Biochemistry 4: Microbiology 5: Chief of Pediatrics, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

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