Role of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in allergy and beyond

R Ebina-Shibuya, WJ Leonard - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a pleiotropic cytokine that acts on multiple cell
lineages, including dendritic cells, T cells, B cells, neutrophils, mast cells, eosinophils and …

The genetics of asthma and the promise of genomics-guided drug target discovery

ZW El-Husseini, R Gosens, F Dekker… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Asthma is an inflammatory airway disease that is estimated to affect 339 million people
globally. The symptoms of about 5–10% of patients with asthma are not adequately …

Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

F Demenais, P Margaritte-Jeannin, KC Barnes… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
We examined common variation in asthma risk by conducting a meta-analysis of worldwide
asthma genome-wide association studies (23,948 asthma cases, 118,538 controls) of …

A genome-wide association study identifies CDHR3 as a susceptibility locus for early childhood asthma with severe exacerbations

K Bønnelykke, P Sleiman, K Nielsen, E Kreiner-Møller… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Asthma exacerbations are among the most frequent causes of hospitalization during
childhood, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We performed a genome …

The atopic march: current insights into skin barrier dysfunction and epithelial cell‐derived cytokines

H Han, F Roan, SF Ziegler - Immunological reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Atopic dermatitis often precedes the development of other atopic diseases. The atopic march
describes this temporal relationship in the natural history of atopic diseases. Although the …

A large-scale, consortium-based genomewide association study of asthma

MF Moffatt, IG Gut, F Demenais… - … England Journal of …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Susceptibility to asthma is influenced by genes and environment; implicated
genes may indicate pathways for therapeutic intervention. Genetic risk factors may be useful …

Enhanced innate type 2 immune response in peripheral blood from patients with asthma

KR Bartemes, GM Kephart, SJ Fox, H Kita - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background In mice, group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) likely mediate helminth immunity,
inflammation, and tissue repair and remodeling. However, the involvement of ILC2s in …

The genetics of asthma and allergic disease: a 21st century perspective

C Ober, TC Yao - Immunological reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma and allergy are common conditions with complex etiologies involving both genetic
and environmental contributions. Recent genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) and …

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations

Children's Health Study (CHS) and HARBORS study … - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and
environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide …

Drug dependence, a chronic medical illness: implications for treatment, insurance, and outcomes evaluation

AT McLellan, DC Lewis, CP O'brien, HD Kleber - Jama, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
The effects of drug dependence on social systems has helped shape the generally held
view that drug dependence is primarily a social problem, not a health problem. In turn …