Redefining approaches to asthma: developing targeted biologic therapies

JR Arron, H Scheerens, JG Matthews - Advances in Pharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder canonically associated with type 2 airway
inflammation as characterized by elevated levels of eosinophils, immunoglobulin E, and …

[HTML][HTML] Biologics in asthma: a molecular perspective to precision medicine

B Salter, P Lacy, M Mukherjee - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent developments in therapeutic strategies have provided alternatives to corticosteroids
as the cornerstone treatment for managing airway inflammation in asthma. The past two …

An update on emerging drugs for asthma

GM Walsh - Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: It is recognized that airway inflammation is key to asthma pathogenesis.
Biopharmaceutical approaches have identified new therapies that target key cells and …

How to compare the efficacy of biologic agents in asthma

RK Viswanathan, WW Busse - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The use of biologics in severe asthma has made substantial strides in disease
management and fostered a personalized medicine approach; however, how, when, and …

Asthma translational medicine: report card

K Mullane - Biochemical pharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
Over the last 30 years, scientific research into asthma has focused almost exclusively on one
component of the disorder–airway inflammation–as being the key underlying feature. These …

Role of biologics in asthma

MC McGregor, JG Krings, P Nair… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Patients with severe uncontrolled asthma have disproportionally high morbidity and
healthcare utilization as compared with their peers with well-controlled disease. Although …

The current state of biologic therapies for treatment of refractory asthma

M Mavissakalian, S Brady - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2020 - Springer
Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, with the immune processes behind the chronic
inflammation underlying this disorder differing between the various identified asthma …

Novel targets of therapy in asthma

ST Holgate - Current opinion in pulmonary medicine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
What is becoming clear in filling the pipeline with new asthma therapies that treat the
underlying disease causes is the need for closer working between clinical academics and …

Biologic therapy in asthma: entering the new age of personalized medicine

ML Fajt, SE Wenzel - Journal of Asthma, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Asthma is a common chronic disease with various phenotypes and therapeutic
responses. Unlike other diseases, current anti-inflammatory treatment with corticosteroids …

Emerging treatments for asthma

K Blease, A Lewis, HK Raymon - Expert opinion on emerging drugs, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the availability of a great number of medications, the asthma epidemic is continuing
to increase. It is obvious that a high, unmet medical need remains and innovative …