Allergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that affects >300 million people worldwide. The pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1α and IL-1β have essential roles in the ...

Asthma patients experience respiratory distress due to allergens like house dust mites or pollen. However, the various triggers for asthma share a common pathway involving the release of proteins ...

Type-2 helper T (Th2) cells play intricate roles in the inflammatory response underlying asthma. Elevated levels of the protein GATA3 stimulate the maturation of these cells. Consequently, gene ...

NEW YORK, July 24 (Praxis Press) Th2 cytokines are strongly implicated in the immunopathology of asthma. Tamaoki and colleagues evaluated the steroid-sparing effect of suplatast tosilate, a selective ...

A newly recognized type of immune cell may play an important role in causing asthma, perhaps explaining why current therapies sometimes fail, report researchers from Children's Hospital Boston in the ...

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition marked by an imbalance in the immune response within the airways. According to Lancet, asthma affects around 339 million people globally. While conventional ...

Sanofi and Regeneron Announce Publication of Positive Phase 2a Results of Dupilumab in Asthma in the New England Journal of Medicine Phase 2a study of the IL-4R alpha inhibitor, dupilumab, ...

Biomarkers may be able to predict which patients with spontaneous asthma remission are at the highest risk of relapse or lung function decline, according to a new study. The report found bronchial ...

An epidemiological study has shown that not only is non-Th2 a distinct asthma disease, its likely inducer is early childhood exposure to airborne Benzo[a]pyrene, a byproduct of fossil fuel combustion.

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Peter L. Salgo, MD: All of asthma, we’re going to lump it into 1 big economic burden. Whatever the cause, whatever the dust mites, or the allergens, or whatever the phenotype, at some point it’s ...