Decoding the genetic and epigenetic basis of asthma

BS Stikker, RW Hendriks, R Stadhouders - Allergy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma is a complex and heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disease of the airways.
Alongside environmental factors, asthma susceptibility is strongly influenced by genetics …

[HTML][HTML] T-helper cells and their cytokines in pathogenesis and treatment of asthma

T Ji, H Li - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Prosperous advances in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of chronic
inflammation and airway remodeling in asthma have been made over the past several …

From preschool wheezing to asthma: Immunological determinants

K Laubhahn, B Schaub - Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma represents a chronic respiratory disease affecting millions of children worldwide.
The transition from preschool wheezing to school‐age asthma involves a multifaceted …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between serum iron and blood eosinophil counts in asthmatic adults: data from NHANES 2011-2018

J Wen, C Wang, J Xia, M Giri, S Guo - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background So far, quite a few studies have revealed that systemic iron levels are related to
asthmatic inflammatory reactions. And most studies have focused on the correlation …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of dietary interventions on markers of type 2 inflammation in asthma: A systematic review

E Visser, A Ten Brinke, D Sizoo, JJS Pepels… - Respiratory …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Type 2 (T2) inflammation is a key mechanism in the pathophysiology of
asthma. Diet may have immunomodulatory effects, and a role for diet in T2 inflammation has …

Blood eosinophils for prediction of exacerbation in preschool children with recurrent wheezing

AM Fitzpatrick, JR Grunwell, KA Cottrill, AD Mutic… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Although clinical features of type 2 inflammation have been associated with
poorer longitudinal outcomes in preschool children with recurrent wheezing, it remains …

[HTML][HTML] Type 2 low biomarker stability and exacerbations in severe uncontrolled asthma

A Viinanen, J Aakko, MI Lassenius, G Telg, K Nieminen… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
We investigated the stability of T2 low status, based on low levels of T2 biomarkers, and
exacerbation rates in T2 low and non-T2 low asthma from clinical retrospective data of …

Demystifying controversies in preschool wheeze

FM Smith, S Saglani - Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Wheezing disorders in preschool children are common. Current treatment
approaches assume all preschool wheezers are the same and will respond to a short course …

What have mechanistic studies taught us about childhood asthma?

K Laubhahn, KJ Phelan, DJ Jackson, MC Altman… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Childhood asthma is a chronic heterogeneous syndrome consisting of different disease
entities or phenotypes. The immunologic and cellular processes that occur during asthma …

Why has epidemiology not (yet) succeeded in identifying the origin of the asthma epidemic?

JM Antó, N Pearce, J Douwes… - International Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In the 1980s many industrialized countries experienced large increases in the prevalence of
asthma with the term 'asthma epidemic'becoming popular. 1, 2 Since epidemiology had …