Airway molecular endotypes of asthma: Dissecting the heterogeneity

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-168

  Wesolowska Andersen, Agata ^a   Seibold, Max A ^a,b  

^a Environment and Health   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

airway brushing; asthma; endotypes; epithelium; sputum

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 25; INTERLEUKIN 33; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MICRORNA; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR ENDOTYPING; NASAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BIOMARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PRECISION MEDICINE; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84923914625     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000148     Document Type: Article

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