Interasma Global Asthma Association

Category Archives: Asthma News

Neutrophils from severe asthmatic patients induce epithelial to mesenchymal transition in healthy bronchial epithelial cells

Research – Open Access Respiratory Research Alexandre Haddad, Mellissa Gaudet, Maria Plesa, Zoulfia Allakhverdi, Andrea K. Mogas, Severine Audusseau, Carolyn J. Baglole, David H. Eidelman, Ronald Olivenstein, Mara S. Ludwig & Qutayba Hamid Respiratory Research volume 20, Article number: 234 (2019) Abstract Background Asthma is a heterogeneous…

Global prevalence of asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Review – Open Access Mostafa Hosseini, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Mahdi Sepidarkish & Saman Maroufizadeh Respiratory Research volume 20, Article number: 229 (2019) Abstract Background Asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) is a term that encompasses patients with features of both asthma and COPD. To…

The association between e-cigarette use and asthma among never combustible cigarette smokers: behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS) 2016 & 2017

Research article – Open Access – Open Peer Review BMC Pulmonary Medicine Albert D. Osei, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, Olusola A. Orimoloye, Omar Dzaye, S. M. Iftekhar Uddin, Zeina A. Dardari, Andrew P. DeFilippis, Aruni Bhatnagar & Michael J. Blaha BMC Pulmonary Medicine volume 19,…