Understanding the key issues in the treatment of uncontrolled persistent asthma with type 2 inflammation

WW Busse, M Kraft, KF Rabe, Y Deniz… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Asthma is a complex respiratory disease that varies in severity and response to treatment.
Several asthma phenotypes with unique clinical and inflammatory characteristics have been …

The prevalence of subtypes of type 2 inflammation in an unselected population of patients with severe asthma

L Frøssing, A Silberbrandt, A Von Bülow… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background With the introduction of different targeted therapies for type 2 (T2)-high asthma,
there is an urgent need for markers to guide the choice of treatment. T2-high asthma …

Precision medicine for the discovery of treatable mechanisms in severe asthma

KF Chung, IM Adcock - Allergy, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although the complex disease of asthma has been defined as being heterogeneous, the
extent of its endophenotypes remains unclear. The pharmacological approach to initiating …

Revisiting T ype 2‐high and T ype 2‐low airway inflammation in asthma: current knowledge and therapeutic implications

D Robinson, M Humbert, R Buhl… - Clinical & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma is a complex respiratory disorder characterized by marked heterogeneity in
individual patient disease triggers and response to therapy. Several asthma phenotypes …

Targeting key proximal drivers of type 2 inflammation in disease

NA Gandhi, BL Bennett, NMH Graham… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2016 - nature.com
Systemic type 2 inflammation encompassing T helper 2 (TH2)-type responses is emerging
as a unifying feature of both classically defined allergic diseases, such as asthma, and a …

Promises and challenges of biologics for severe asthma

R Tan, MF Liew, HF Lim, BP Leung… - Biochemical pharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Patients with severe asthma that remain uncontrolled incur significant medical burden and
healthcare costs. Severe asthma is a heterogeneous airway disorder with complex …

The immunology of asthma: Asthma phenotypes and their implications for personalized treatment

L Borish - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To review current thinking regarding the role of personalized phenotype-driven
as opposed to broad guideline-based therapies in asthma and to speculate on the relative …

Understanding asthma phenotypes, endotypes, and mechanisms of disease

ME Kuruvilla, FEH Lee, GB Lee - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2019 - Springer
The model of asthma as a single entity has now been replaced by a much more complex
biological network of distinct and interrelating inflammatory pathways. The term asthma is …

[PDF][PDF] The cytokines of asthma

BN Lambrecht, H Hammad, JV Fahy - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease associated with type 2 cytokines
interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-5, and IL-13, which promote airway eosinophilia, mucus …

Treatment options in type-2 low asthma

TSC Hinks, SJ Levine… - European Respiratory …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Monoclonal antibodies targeting IgE or the type-2 cytokines interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5 and IL-13
are proving highly effective in reducing exacerbations and symptoms in people with severe …