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Effects of Bronchial Thermoplasty on Airway Smooth Muscle and Collagen Deposition in Asthma

Annals ATS. DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201504-208OC   Jamila Chakir, Ikhlass Haj-Salem, Delphine Gras, Philippe Joubert, Ève-Léa Beaudoin, Sabrina Biardel, Noel Lampron, Simon Martel, Pascal Chanez, Louis-Philippe Boulet, and Michel Laviolette +Author Information. Corresponding Author: Michel Laviolette, Email: Michel.Laviolette@fmed.ulaval.ca Abstract Rationale: Bronchial thermoplasty aims…

Integrating microbial and host transcriptomics to characterize asthma-associated microbial communities

Eduardo Castro-Nallar15*, Ying Shen2, Robert J. Freishtat3, Marcos Pérez-Losada134, Solaiappan Manimaran2, Gang Liu2, W. Evan Johnson2 and Keith A. Crandall1* *Corresponding authors: Eduardo Castro-Nallar eduardo.castro@unab.cl – Keith A Crandallkcrandall@gwu.edu Author Affiliations BMC Medical Genomics 2015, 8:50  doi:10.1186/s12920-015-0121-1 Abstract Background The relationships between infections…

Research in progress: Medical Research Council United Kingdom Refractory ‪#‎Asthma‬ Stratification Programme (RASP-UK). Open Access.

Thorax doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207326 Chest clinic Audit, research and guideline update Liam G Heaney1, Ratko Djukanovic2, Ashley Woodcock3, Samantha Walker4,5,John G Matthews5, Ian D Pavord6, Peter Bradding7, Robert Niven3, Chris E Brightling7,Rekha Chaudhuri8, Joseph R Arron5, David F Choy5, Douglas Cowan8, Adel Mansur9,Andrew Menzies-Gow10, Ian…