Article
Physiopathology and genetics in aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.
Experimental lung research - 1 Oct 2017
Pavón-Romero Gandhi F, Ramírez-Jiménez Fernando, Roldán-Alvarez Marco Alejandro, Terán Luis M, Falfán-Valencia Ramcés
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is a clinical entity characterized by hypersensitivity to aspirin leading to asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasosinusal polyposis. The pathophysiology of the disease involves disruption at the level of arachidonic acid metabolism. Therefore, genetic association studies have been focused on the genes coding this pathway. As other mechanisms...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
