While the term asthma has long been known to describe heterogeneous groupings of
patients, only recently have data evolved which enable a molecular understanding of the …

Allergy to airway-colonising, thermotolerant, filamentous fungi represents a distinct
eosinophilic endotype of often severe lung disease. This endotype, which particularly affects …

In the present study we focused on the anti-asthmatic and antioxidant effects of Zingiber
officinalis roscoe L.(ZO) aqueous extract. This study includes 20 adult male rats, which were …

Background There is increasing evidence for a role of lung microbiota in the pathogenesis of
Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP). However, the alterations of lung microbiota in …

The unified airway refers to the combined upper and lower airways and their shared
pathophysiologic relationships. These 2 systems are thought to be interconnected, and …

Pulmonary mycoses are difficult to treat and detrimental to patients. Fungal infections
modulate the lung immune response, induce goblet cell hyperplasia and metaplasia, and …

The respiratory tract epithelium is hydrated by a mucous layer, which forms a protective
barrier for the defense against sometimes life-threatening foreign particles, including …

Based on observations in vivo in guinea-pig and human airways, this review presents
plasma exudation as non-sieved transmission of bulk plasma across an unperturbed …

The lung microbiome in adult asthma is the product of a long period of dynamic shaping by
microorganisms and the host from infancy onwards. The use of next-generation sequencing …

The 33rd Transatlantic Airway Conference was held January 17–19, 2018, in Lucerne,
Switzerland. The topic of this year's conference was the protective and pathologic roles of …