Search Results - "Boushey, H."
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A new perspective on concepts of asthma severity and control
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-09-2008)“…Concepts of asthma severity and control are important in the evaluation of patients and their response to treatment but the terminology is not standardised and…”
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Lactobacillus johnsonii supplementation attenuates respiratory viral infection via metabolic reprogramming and immune cell modulation
Published in Mucosal immunology (01-11-2017)“…Regulation of respiratory mucosal immunity by microbial-derived metabolites has been a proposed mechanism that may provide airway protection. Here we examine…”
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Corticosteroid and long‐acting ß‐agonist therapy reduces epithelial goblet cell metaplasia
Published in Clinical and experimental allergy (01-12-2017)“…Summary Background Bronchial epithelial goblet cell metaplasia (GCM) with hyperplasia is a prominent feature of asthma, but the effects of treatment with…”
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HLA-DQ strikes again: Genome-wide association study further confirms HLA-DQ in the diagnosis of asthma among adults
Published in Clinical and experimental allergy (01-12-2012)“…Summary Background Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease in children and adults. An important genetic component to asthma susceptibility has long been…”
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Pharmacodynamic genome-wide association study identifies new responsive loci for glucocorticoid intervention in asthma
Published in The pharmacogenomics journal (01-10-2015)“…Asthma is a chronic lung disease that has a high prevalence. The therapeutic intervention of this disease can be made more effective if genetic variability in…”
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Resistance of differentiated human airway epithelium to infection by rhinovirus
Published in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology (01-02-2004)“…Virtually all in vitro studies of the effects of rhinovirus on human airway epithelium have used cells grown under conditions known to produce low levels of…”
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The effect of an anti-IgE monoclonal antibody on the early- and late-phase responses to allergen inhalation in asthmatic subjects
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (01-06-1997)“…A humanized murine monoclonal antibody directed to the Fc epsilonR1-binding domain of human IgE (rhuMAb-E25) has been shown to inhibit the binding of IgE to…”
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Predicting worsening asthma control following the common cold
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-12-2008)“…The asthmatic response to the common cold is highly variable, and early characteristics that predict worsening of asthma control following a cold have not been…”
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Prominent neutrophilic inflammation in sputum from subjects with asthma exacerbation
Published in Journal of allergy and clinical immunology (01-04-1995)“…To infer possible mechanisms of acute airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion in acute severe asthma, we performed cellular and biochemical analysis on…”
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Effect of a single dose of the selectin inhibitor TBC1269 on early and late asthmatic responses
Published in Clinical and experimental allergy (01-01-2004)“…Summary Background Selectins participate in the initial phase of leucocyte migration from circulation to inflamed tissues and may play a role in inflammatory…”
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Experiences with monoclonal antibody therapy for allergic asthma
Published in Journal of allergy and clinical immunology (01-08-2001)“…Identification of the central role IgE plays in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases made it a key target for therapy. The first selective anti-IgE therapy, a…”
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Characteristics of patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis and concomitant asthma
Published in Clinical and experimental allergy (01-06-2004)“…Summary Background Allergic rhinitis and asthma often co‐exist and appear to produce a continuum of airway disease, but whether the clinical characteristics of…”
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Comparison of samples collected by sputum induction and bronchoscopy from asthmatic and healthy subjects
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (01-07-1995)“…To compare markers of inflammation in secretions obtained by sputum induction (SI), bronchial wash (50 ml instillate [BW]), and bronchoalveolar lavage (4 x 60…”
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Safety and reproducibility of sputum induction in asthmatic subjects in a multicenter study
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (01-05-2001)“…The safety of sputum induction and the reproducibility of measurements in induced sputum in multicenter studies is unknown. We examined the safety of sputum…”
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Airway Cytokine Pattern Predicts Severity of Asthma Symptoms During Colds
Published in Journal of allergy and clinical immunology (01-02-2011)“…Patients with asthma (A), allergic rhinitis (AR), or neither (N) with naturally acquired viral RTIs had induced sputum collected as well as upper and lower…”
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Viperin Antiviral Response in Upper Airways is Similar in Asthmatic and Healthy Subjects
Published in Journal of allergy and clinical immunology (01-02-2010)“…RT-PCR was used to assess viperin expression and HRV load in vivo in nasal mucosa of subjects with natural HRV colds (n=15); and in vitro in HRV-infected nasal…”
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Ethnic differences: word descriptors used by African-American and white asthma patients during induced bronchoconstriction
Published in Chest (01-04-2000)“…To determine if African-American and white patients with asthma (1) differ in the words they use to describe their breathlessness, and (2) differ in their…”
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Rhinovirus-16 Colds in Healthy and in Asthmatic Subjects . Similar Changes in Upper and Lower Airways
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (01-07-1999)“…Rhinovirus (RV) infections appear to precipitate most asthma exacerbations. To investigate whether RV-16 induces different inflammatory changes in upper and…”
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Elevation Of Sputum Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Levels In The Subjects With Asthma
Published in Journal of allergy and clinical immunology (01-02-2011)“…Sputum PAI-1 levels were significantly higher in subjects with asthma than in normal controls, but did not change significantly during acute respiratory viral…”
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Effects of allergic inflammation of the nasal mucosa on the severity of rhinovirus 16 cold
Published in Journal of allergy and clinical immunology (01-05-2000)“…Background: Despite the strong association of asthma exacerbations with rhinovirus (RV) infection, inoculation of asthmatic subjects with RV only causes small…”
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