Thymic stromal lymphopoietin: its role and potential as a therapeutic target in asthma

GM Gauvreau, R Sehmi, CS Ambrose… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), an epithelial cytokine (alarmin), is a
central regulator of the immune response to inhaled environmental insults such as …

Anti-alarmins in asthma: targeting the airway epithelium with next-generation biologics

CM Porsbjerg, A Sverrild, CM Lloyd… - European …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Monoclonal antibody therapies have significantly improved treatment outcomes for patients
with severe asthma; however, a significant disease burden remains. Available biologic …

[HTML][HTML] Tezepelumab in adults and adolescents with severe, uncontrolled asthma

A Menzies-Gow, J Corren, A Bourdin… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Tezepelumab is a human monoclonal antibody that blocks thymic stromal
lymphopoietin, an epithelial-cell–derived cytokine implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma …

Evaluation of the oral corticosteroid-sparing effect of tezepelumab in adults with oral corticosteroid-dependent asthma (SOURCE): a randomised, placebo-controlled …

ME Wechsler, A Menzies-Gow… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Tezepelumab is a human monoclonal antibody that blocks the activity of thymic
stromal lymphopoietin. SOURCE evaluated the oral corticosteroid-sparing effect of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukins 4 and 13 in asthma: key pathophysiologic cytokines and druggable molecular targets

C Pelaia, E Heffler, C Crimi, A Maglio… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Interleukins (IL)-4 and-13 play a pivotal role in the pathobiology of type-2 asthma. Indeed, IL-
4 is crucially involved in Th2 cell differentiation, immunoglobulin (Ig) class switching and …

Small extracellular vesicles derived from human mesenchymal stromal cells prevent group 2 innate lymphoid cell-dominant allergic airway inflammation through …

SB Fang, HY Zhang, C Wang, BX He… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are recently reported to play a more critical role in
allergic diseases. We previously identified that mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) elicited …

[HTML][HTML] Eosinophilic and noneosinophilic asthma: an expert consensus framework to characterize phenotypes in a global real-life severe asthma cohort

LG Heaney, LP de Llano, M Al-Ahmad, V Backer… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Phenotypic characteristics of patients with eosinophilic and noneosinophilic
asthma are not well characterized in global, real-life severe asthma cohorts. Research …

Phenotype overlap in the natural history of asthma

FLM Ricciardolo, G Guida, F Bertolini… - European …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The heterogeneity of asthma makes it challenging to unravel the pathophysiologic
mechanisms of the disease. Despite the wealth of research identifying diverse phenotypes …

FeNO in asthma

L Loewenthal, A Menzies-Gow - Seminars in respiratory and …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
Asthma is a common disease affecting 350 million people worldwide, which is characterized
by airways inflammation and hyperreactivity. Historically diagnosis and treatment have been …