Airway remodeling in asthma

KP Hough, ML Curtiss, TJ Blain, RM Liu, J Trevor… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways that may result from exposure to allergens
or other environmental irritants, resulting in bronchoconstriction, wheezing, and shortness of …

[PDF][PDF] Pulmonary inflammation and fibroblast immunoregulation: from bench to bedside

MA Ghonim, DF Boyd, T Flerlage… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in how fibroblasts initiate, sustain,
and resolve inflammation across disease states. Fibroblasts contain heterogeneous subsets …

Airway remodeling heterogeneity in asthma and its relationship to disease outcomes

A Hsieh, N Assadinia, TL Hackett - Frontiers in physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Asthma affects an estimated 262 million people worldwide and caused over 461,000 deaths
in 2019. The disease is characterized by chronic airway inflammation, reversible …

Biologics in asthma: a molecular perspective to precision medicine

B Salter, P Lacy, M Mukherjee - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent developments in therapeutic strategies have provided alternatives to corticosteroids
as the cornerstone treatment for managing airway inflammation in asthma. The past two …

Effectiveness of fevipiprant in reducing exacerbations in patients with severe asthma (LUSTER-1 and LUSTER-2): two phase 3 randomised controlled trials

CE Brightling, M Gaga, H Inoue, J Li… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Fevipiprant, an oral antagonist of the prostaglandin D 2 receptor 2, reduced
sputum eosinophils and improved lung function in phase 2 trials of patients with asthma. We …

New biological treatments for asthma and skin allergies

S Eyerich, M Metz, A Bossios, K Eyerich - Allergy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Allergies are typically endemic, complex and heterogeneous diseases with a high impact at
quality of life. Mechanistically, type 2 immune responses involving eosinophil and basophil …

Current unmet needs and potential solutions to uncontrolled asthma

WW Busse, M Kraft - European Respiratory Review, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Despite the availability of effective inhaled therapies, many patients with asthma have poor
asthma control. Uncontrolled asthma presents a significant burden on the patient and …

Cellular senescence is increased in airway smooth muscle cells of elderly persons with asthma

A Aghali, L Khalfaoui, AB Lagnado… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Senescent cells can drive age-related tissue dysfunction partially via a senescence-
associated secretory phenotype (SASP) involving proinflammatory and profibrotic factors …

Immunologic and non-immunologic mechanisms leading to airway remodeling in asthma

L Fang, Q Sun, M Roth - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Asthma increases worldwide without any definite reason and patient numbers double every
10 years. Drugs used for asthma therapy relax the muscles and reduce inflammation, but …

Holy Grail: the journey towards disease modification in asthma

WW Busse, E Melén… - European Respiratory …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
At present, there is no cure for asthma, and treatment typically involves therapies that
prevent or reduce asthma symptoms, without modifying the underlying disease. A “disease …