Respiratory metabolites in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and exhaled breath condensate (EBC) can differentiate horses affected by severe equine asthma from healthy horses [PDF]
Background The use of an untargeted metabolomic approach to investigate biofluids of respiratory origin is of increasing interest in human and veterinary lung research.
Marilena Bazzano +5 more
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Neuroimmune Mechanisms in Equine Asthma: Primary Inflammatory Triggers, Neuroimmune Modulation and Chronic Airway Remodelling [PDF]
Equine asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lower respiratory tract, primarily associated with inhalation of organic dust, microbial particles and environmental aeroantigens.
Małgorzata Wierzbicka +2 more
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Modeling the pasture-associated severe equine asthma bronchoalveolar lavage fluid proteome identifies molecular events mediating neutrophilic airway inflammation [PDF]
Lauren A Bright,1 Wellesley Dittmar,1 Bindu Nanduri,2 Fiona M McCarthy,3 Nisma Mujahid,2 Lais RR Costa,2 Shane C Burgess,3 Cyprianna E Swiderski11Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville ...
Bright LA +7 more
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Alveolar macrophage phenotypes in severe equine asthma. [PDF]
Because the alveolar macrophage (AM) phenotype of horses with severe equine asthma (SEA) is unknown, the cytokines expressed by M1- and M2-polarized AM were determined and the hypothesis that natural hay/straw challenge (NC) induces divergent AM phenotypes in control horses and horses with SEA was tested.
Wilson ME +3 more
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Inhaled ciclesonide is efficacious and well tolerated in the treatment of severe equine asthma in a large prospective European clinical trial [PDF]
Balazs Albrecht +2 more
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Right ventricular function during acute exacerbation of severe equine asthma
Background: Pulmonary hypertension has been described in horses with severe equine asthma, but its effect on the right ventricle has not been fully elucidated.
Borowicz, H +11 more
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An Integrative miRNA-mRNA Expression Analysis Reveals Striking Transcriptomic Similarities between Severe Equine Asthma and Specific Asthma Endotypes in Humans. [PDF]
Severe equine asthma is an incurable obstructive respiratory condition affecting 10-15% of horses in temperate climates. Upon exposure to airborne antigens from hay feeding, affected horses show neutrophilic airway inflammation and bronchoconstriction ...
Hulliger MF +6 more
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Efficacy of tamoxifen for the treatment of severe equine asthma. [PDF]
Abstract Background Tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, decreased airway neutrophilia and improved clinical signs in an experimental model of equine asthma, and induced neutrophilic apoptosis in vitro.
Mainguy-Seers S, Picotte K, Lavoie JP.
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Bronchial brush cytology, endobronchial biopsy, and SALSA immunohistochemistry in severe equine asthma. [PDF]
Horses with severe equine asthma (SEA), also known as heaves and recurrent airway obstruction, have persistent neutrophilic inflammation of the lower airways. Cytologic evaluation of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid is commonly used to confirm the clinical diagnosis of SEA.
Lee GKC +6 more
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Flow cytometric analysis of equine bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cells in horses with and without severe equine asthma. [PDF]
Severe equine asthma (SEA) is a common, debilitating lower airway inflammatory disorder of older horses. Alveolar macrophages (AMs) survey inhaled particulates from barn sources causing them to switch from an anti-inflammatory to a proinflammatory phenotype, resulting in neutrophil recruitment to the lung.
Kang H +6 more
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