Interasma Global Asthma Association

All posts by Juan Carlos Ivancevich

Asthma Research & Practice: Is asthma in the elderly different? Functional and clinical characteristics of asthma in individuals aged 65 years and older

Elena Curto, Astrid Crespo-Lessmann, María Victoria GonzálezGutiérrez, Santiago Bardagí, Concepción Cañete, Concha Pellicer, Teresa Bazús, María del Carmen Vennera, Carlos Martínez and Vicente Plaza Asthma Research and Practice 2019 5:2 Abstract Background The prevalence of chronic diseases in the elderly (> 65 years), including asthma, is growing, yet information available on asthma in this population…

Chitinase-like protein YKL-40 correlates with inflammatory phenotypes, anti-asthma responsiveness and future exacerbations

Respiratory Research Research – Open Access Lei Liu†, Xin Zhang†, Ying Liu, Li Zhang, Jing Zheng, Ji Wang, Philip M. Hansbro, Lei Wang, Gang Wang and Alan Chen-Yu Hsu †Contributed equally Respiratory Research 2019 20:95 Abstract Background Asthma is a heterogeneous chronic airway disease, which may be classified into different phenotypes. YKL-40 is a chitin-binding…