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Neutrophilic and Pauci-immune Phenotypes in Severe Asthma.
Immunology and allergy clinics of North America - 1 Aug 2016
Panettieri Reynold A
Abstract excerpt
Although 2 T-helper type 2 inflammation evokes airway hyperresponsiveness and narrowing, neutrophilic or pauci-immune asthma accounts for significant asthma morbidity. Viruses, toxicants, environmental tobacco smoke exposure, and bacterial infections induce asthma exacerbations mediated by neutrophilic inflammation or by structural cell (pauci-immune) mechanisms. Therapeutic challenges exist in the management of...
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