Anti‐leukotriene agents compared to inhaled corticosteroids in the management of recurrent and/or chronic asthma in adults and children

BF Chauhan, FM Ducharme - Cochrane database of …, 2012 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Anti‐leukotrienes (5‐lipoxygenase inhibitors and leukotriene receptors
antagonists) serve as alternative monotherapy to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in the …

Asthma and oral health: a review

MS Thomas, A Parolia, M Kundabala… - Australian Dental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition that causes the airways to constrict and produce
excess mucus, making breathing difficult. It is characterized by the obstruction of airflow …

Evidence and structural mechanism for late lung alveolarization

JC Schittny, SI Mund… - American Journal of …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
According to the current view, the formation of new alveolar septa from preexisting ones
ceases due to the reduction of a double-to a single-layered capillaries network inside the …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of periodontal diseases in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a nationwide population-based cohort study

TC Shen, PY Chang, CL Lin, CH Chen, CY Tu… - Medicine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Several studies have reported an association between chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) and periodontal diseases. However, a large-scale population-based cohort …

Once-daily fluticasone furoate (FF)/vilanterol reduces risk of severe exacerbations in asthma versus FF alone

ED Bateman, PM O'Byrne, WW Busse, J Lötvall… - Thorax, 2014 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Combination therapy with an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and long-acting β2
agonist (LABA) is recommended for patients with asthma symptomatic on ICS alone …

Chronic asthma–induced airway remodeling is prevented by toll-like receptor-7/8 ligand S28463

P Camateros, M Tamaoka, M Hassan… - American journal of …, 2007 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Allergic asthma is a heterogeneous disease, the pathology of which is a result of
improper immune responses to innocuous antigens. We and others have previously shown …

[HTML][HTML] A review on function and side effects of systemic corticosteroids used in high-grade COVID-19 to prevent cytokine storms

MA Langarizadeh, MR Tavakoli, A Abiri… - Excli Journal, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV),
officially known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

Managing asthma in primary care: putting new guideline recommendations into context

ME Wechsler - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2009 - Elsevier
Many patients with asthma are treated in the primary care setting. The primary care
physician is therefore in a key position to recognize poorly controlled asthma and to improve …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of periodontal therapy on COPD outcomes: a systematic review

I Apessos, A Voulgaris, M Agrafiotis, D Andreadis… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2021 - Springer
Background Latest evidence suggests that periodontitis is prevalent among patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), while recent studies have also reported a …

Chrysin-loaded PLGA attenuates OVA-induced allergic asthma by modulating TLR/NF-κB/NLRP3 axis

S Roy, K Manna, T Jha, KD Saha - … : Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Asthma, one of the significant public health problems, is triggered by certain inflammatory
processes in the airways that are not addressed propitiously by current therapies. Though …