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Methacholine hyperresponsiveness in mice with house dust mite‐induced lung inflammation is not associated with excessive airway constriction ex vivo

Experimental Physiology
The role of excessive airway constriction in the hyperresponsiveness to nebulized methacholine in mice with experimental asthma is still contentious.
Andrés Rojas‐Ruiz, Magali Boucher, Cyndi Henry, Louis Gélinas, Rosalie Packwood, Percival Graham, Jorge Soliz, Ynuk Bossé   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mucosal sensitization to German cockroach involves protease-activated receptor-2

Respiratory Research, 2010
Background Allergic asthma is on the rise in developed countries. A common characteristic of allergens is that they contain intrinsic protease activity, and many have been shown to activate protease-activated receptor (PAR)-2 in vitro. The role for PAR-2
Dienger Krista, Zhou Ping, Ledford John R, Page Kristen, Wills-Karp Marsha   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of asthma and COPD and blood eosinophil count in a middle-aged Belgian population [PDF]

, 2019
Various phenotypes exist in asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). These are important to identify in order to guide treatment decisions.
Brusselle, Guy, De Buyzere, Marc, Lahousse, Lies, Rietzschel, Ernst, Wijnant, Sara   +4 more
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Ultra‐Processed Food Consumption and Childhood Allergic Diseases: Increased Risk of Asthma Onset in the SENDO Project

Allergy, EarlyView.
The SENDO cohort study (2015–2024) prospectively analyzed the impact of ultra‐processed food (UPF) consumption on asthma and atopy in 1,546 Spanish children. Higher UPF intake (NOVA 4 classification) was significantly associated with an increased risk of asthma but not atopy, atopic dermatitis, neumoallergen sensitation, food allergy over five years ...
O. Galindo, M. J. Goikoetxea, L. Moreno‐Galarraga, L. Argiz, J. M. Moreno‐Villares, Victor de la O, N. Martín‐Calvo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Obesity, airway hyperresponsiveness, and inflammation

Journal of Applied Physiology, 2010
Epidemiological data indicate that obesity is a risk factor for asthma, but the mechanistic basis for this relationship is not established. Here we review data from human subjects and animal models investigating the relationship between obesity and airway hyperresponsiveness, a characteristic feature of asthma.
openaire   +3 more sources

Bronchodilator Response in Patients with Persistent Allergic Asthma Could Not Predict Airway Hyperresponsiveness [PDF]

, 2007
Anticholinergics, or specific antimuscarinic agents, by inhibition of muscarinic receptors cause bronchodilatation, which might correlate with activation of these receptors by the muscarinic agonist methacholine.
Petanjek Bojana B, Grle Sanja P, Pelicarić Dubravka, Vranković Dubravka   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

MAIT Cells Suppress IgE‐Mediated Asthma via IFNγ‐Dependent B Cell Regulation

Allergy, EarlyView.
In this study, we demonstrate that MAIT cell antagonism during sensitization and challenge with HDM worsens the development of airway hyperreactivity without effects on type 2 or 17 associated cytokine production or lung inflammation. Rather, MAIT cells appear to regulate HDM‐induced asthma through direct inhibition of IgE production.
Angela M. Cannata, Jaclyn W. McAlees, Julie M. Hargis, Archana Shankar, Shouxiong Huang, Senad Divanovic, Ian P. Lewkowich   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of BPIFA1/SPLUNC1 as an epithelium-derived smooth muscle relaxing factor

Nature Communications, 2017
Asthma is characterized by abnormal airway hyperresponsiveness. Here the authors identify BPIFA1 as a factor secreted by airway epithelial cells, and show that it regulates contractility of airway smooth muscle cells by binding to and regulating the ...
Tongde Wu, Julianne Huang, Patrick J. Moore, Michael S. Little, William G. Walton, Robert C. Fellner, Neil E. Alexis, Y. Peter Di, Matthew R. Redinbo, Stephen L. Tilley, Robert Tarran   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monocyte Chemotactic Factors in the Airways of Patients With Mild Asthma Before and After an Allergen Challenge

Allergy, EarlyView.
Nami Shrestha Palikhe, Yingqi Wu, Karen J. Howie, Caitlin Stevens, Jennifer Mitchell, Lesley Wiltshire, Gail M. Gauvreau, Harissios Vliagoftis   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are we hallucinating or can psychedelic drugs modulate the immune system to control inflammation?

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Psychedelic drugs that activate 5‐HT2A receptors have been long used for cultural, medicinal and recreational purposes. Interest in psychedelics for treating psychiatric disorders has resurged recently and is well documented; less well recognised are their anti‐inflammatory properties. Growing evidence now demonstrates that psychedelics modulate immune
Omar Qureshi, Jamie Cowley, Ashley Pegg, Alison J. Cooper, John Gordon, Catherine A. Brady, Antonio Belli, Sam Butterworth, Rachel Upthegrove, Nick Andrews, Nicholas M. Barnes   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source