Advances in understanding and reducing the burden of severe asthma in children

MW Pijnenburg, L Fleming - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
Severe asthma in children is rare, accounting for only a small proportion of childhood
asthma. After addressing modifiable factors such as adherence to treatment, comorbidities …

[HTML][HTML] Effective management of severe asthma with biologic medications in adult patients: a literature review and international expert opinion

R Buhl, E Bel, A Bourdin, I Dávila, JA Douglass… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Severe asthma often remains uncontrolled despite effective treatments and evidence-based
guidelines. A group of global experts in asthma and biologic medications from 9 countries …

Childhood asthma: pathogenesis and phenotypes

MW Pijnenburg, U Frey, JC De Jongste… - European Respiratory …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
In the pathogenesis of asthma in children there is a pivotal role for a type 2 inflammatory
response to early life exposures or events. Interactions between infections, atopy, genetic …

Leveraging-omics for asthma endotyping

SR Tyler, S Bunyavanich - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
Asthma is a highly heterogeneous disease, often manifesting with wheeze, dyspnea, chest
tightness, and cough as prominent symptoms. The eliciting factors, natural history …

Impact of omalizumab on food allergy in patients treated for asthma: a real-life study

A Fiocchi, MC Artesani, C Riccardi, M Mennini… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The effects of omalizumab on food allergy thresholds have been little studied.
Objective To assess the real-life effects of omalizumab on food threshold tolerability in …

Treating pediatric asthma according guidelines

R Tesse, G Borrelli, G Mongelli, V Mastrorilli… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disorder of the lower respiratory airways in
childhood. The management of asthma exacerbations and the disease control are major …

Short-and long-term real-world effectiveness of omalizumab in severe allergic asthma: systematic review of 42 studies published 2008-2018

KM MacDonald, A Kavati, B Ortiz… - Expert review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Omalizumab is a recombinant monoclonal anti-IgE antibody approved in the
US as add-on treatment in moderate-to-severe allergic asthma (in severe allergic asthma …

Severe asthma in children—a review of definitions, epidemiology, and treatment options in 2019

H Ahmed, S Turner - Pediatric pulmonology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Severe asthma is a relatively uncommon condition in children but one which causes
morbidity, occasionally mortality, and is a challenging condition to manage. There are …

Critical evaluation of asthma biomarkers in clinical practice

G Guida, D Bagnasco, V Carriero, F Bertolini… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The advent of personalized medicine has revolutionized the whole approach to the
management of asthma, representing the essential basis for future developments. The …

Airway smooth muscle function in asthma

D Xiong, JG Martin, AM Lauzon - Frontiers in physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Known to have affected around 340 million people across the world in 2018, asthma is a
prevalent chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. The symptoms such as wheezing …