Research – Open Access Patrizia Pignatti, Dina Visca, Francesca Cherubino, Elisabetta Zampogna, Etienne Lucini, Laura Saderi, Giovanni Sotgiu and Antonio Spanevello Respiratory Research 2019 20:145 Abstract Introduction Airway eosinophilic inflammation is a characteristic of asthmatic patients and of a sub group of COPD subjects. Blood eosinophils are deemed as…
Research – Open Access Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology Honglei Yuan†, Xiaojing Liu†, Li Li†, Gang Wang, Chunfang Liu, Yuzhen Zeng, Ruolin Mao, Chunling Du and Zhihong Chen †Contributed equally Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2019 15:41 Abstract Background It is known that small airway disease is present across all asthma…
Intended Audience: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Nurses Exacerbations, lung function, medication use, daily activities – there are many ways in which asthma control can be assessed. In…
Intended Audience: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Nurses, and Case Managers Recent years have brought many updates in the world of asthma. But what does this mean for your…
Research article – Open Access – Open Peer Review Caroline Carney and Michaela Benzeval BMC Public Health 2019 19:690 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Lung function is lower in people with disadvantaged socio-economic position (SEP) and is…
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have studied which genes are expressed in overactive immune cells in mice with asthma-like inflammation of the airways. Their results, which are published in the journal…
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology Research – Open Access Nour Baïz, Jocelyne Just, Julie Chastang, Anne Forhan, Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain, Anne-Marie Magnier, Isabella Annesi-Maesano and the EDEN Mother-Child Cohort Study Group Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2019 15:40 Abstract Background Consumption of certain foods during pregnancy has been shown…
Research Open Access Jing Guo, Wenjing Zhu, Huimin Wang, Patrick G. Holt, Guicheng Zhang and Chuanhe Liu Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2019 15:38 Abstract Background Nearly all the investigations into the risk factors for wheezing and asthma were conducted in developed countries with a high…
Understanding lung cells and their signals could help towards finding new asthma drug targets News article by the Communications Team17 Jun 2019 An airway wall biopsy from a patient with…
Respiratory Research Research – Open Access Matthieu Veil-Picard†, Thibaud Soumagne†, Rechana Vongthilath, Isabella Annesi Maesano, Alicia Guillien, Lucie Laurent, Pascal Andujar, Nicolas Roche, Stephane Jouneau, Benoit Cypriani, Jean-Jacques Laplante, Bruno Degano and Jean-Charles Dalphin †Contributed equally Respiratory Research 2019 20:124 Abstract Allergic mechanisms related to environmental and occupational exposure have been suggested to contribute to the development of chronic obstructive…