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Detailed analysis of sputum and systemic inflammation in asthma phenotypes: are paucigranulocytic asthmatics really non-inflammatory?

RESEARCH ARTICLE – OPEN ACCESS – OPEN PEER REVIEW   Sophie Demarche, Florence Schleich, Monique Henket, Virginie Paulus, Thierry Van Hees and Renaud Louis BMC Pulmonary MedicineBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 201616:46 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-016-0208-2 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background The technique…

LINX®, a novel treatment for patients with refractory asthma complicated by gastroesophageal reflux disease: a case report

Narin Sriratanaviriyakul, Celeste Kivler,, Tamas J. Vidovszky,, Ken Y. Yoneda,, Nicholas J. Kenyon,, Susan Murin and Samuel Louie Journal of Medical Case Reports 201610:124 DOI: 10.1186/s13256-016-0887-6 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Gastroesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common comorbidities in patients with asthma. Gastroesophageal reflux…

Determinants and impact of suboptimal asthma control in Europe: The INTERNATIONAL CROSS-SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT ON ASTHMA CONTROL (LIAISON) study

  Respiratory Research 201617:51 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-016-0374-z   Fulvio Braido, Guy Brusselle, Daniele Guastalla, Eleonora Ingrassia, Gabriele Nicolini, David Price, Nicolas Roche, Joan B. Soriano, Heinrich Worth and on behalf of the LIAISON Study Group  Abstract Background According to the Global Initiative of Asthma, the aim of asthma treatment is to gain and maintain…

Periostin levels and eosinophilic inflammation in poorly-controlled asthma

RESEARCH ARTICLE – OPEN ACCESS – OPEN PEER REVIEW Jodie L. Simpson Emailauthor, Ian A. Yang, John W. Upham, Paul N. Reynolds, Sandra Hodge, Alan L. James, Christine Jenkins, Matthew J. Peters, Guiquan Jia, Cecile T. J. Holweg and Peter G. Gibson BMC Pulmonary MedicineBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2016 16:67 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-016-0230-4 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Periostin levels are associated with…