Biologics and airway remodeling in severe asthma

G Varricchi, S Ferri, J Pepys, R Poto, G Spadaro… - Allergy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease resulting in airflow obstruction, which in
part can become irreversible to conventional therapies, defining the concept of airway …

Molecular targets for biological therapies of severe asthma

C Pelaia, C Crimi, A Vatrella, C Tinello… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Asthma is a heterogeneous respiratory disease characterized by usually reversible
bronchial obstruction, which is clinically expressed by different phenotypes driven by …

Biologics in asthma: a molecular perspective to precision medicine

B Salter, P Lacy, M Mukherjee - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent developments in therapeutic strategies have provided alternatives to corticosteroids
as the cornerstone treatment for managing airway inflammation in asthma. The past two …

Monoclonal antibodies in the management of asthma: Dead ends, current status and future perspectives

G Kardas, M Panek, P Kuna, P Damiański… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Patients with moderate-to-severe asthma may now be treated using a variety of monoclonal
antibodies that target key inflammatory cytokines involved in disease pathogenesis. Existing …

Delays related to prior authorization in inflammatory bowel disease

BD Constant, EF de Zoeten, MG Stahl… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND Delays in advancing to biologic therapies are associated with adverse
outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Insurer-mandated prior authorizations have …

Fc-engineered therapeutic antibodies: recent advances and future directions

DT Abdeldaim, K Schindowski - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Monoclonal therapeutic antibodies have revolutionized the treatment of cancer and other
diseases. Fc engineering aims to enhance the effector functions or half-life of therapeutic …

Tezepelumab: a potential new biological therapy for severe refractory asthma

C Pelaia, G Pelaia, C Crimi, A Maglio, L Gallelli… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is an innate cytokine, belonging to the group of
alarmins, which plays a key pathogenic role in asthma by acting as an upstream activator of …

Biological therapies of severe asthma and their possible effects on airway remodeling

G Kardas, P Kuna, M Panek - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Asthma is a chronic and heterogenic respiratory tract disorder with a high global prevalence.
The underlying chronic inflammatory process and airway remodeling (AR) contribute to the …

Therapeutic effects of benralizumab assessed in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma: real-life evaluation correlated with allergic and non-allergic phenotype …

C Pelaia, C Crimi, A Benfante, MF Caiaffa… - Journal of Asthma …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Benralizumab can be utilized as add-on biological treatment of severe
eosinophilic asthma. However, so far only a few real-life studies have been published with …

Real‐life evaluation of mepolizumab efficacy in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma, according to atopic trait and allergic phenotype

C Pelaia, C Crimi, G Pelaia, S Nolasco… - Clinical & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Anti‐interleukin‐5 (IL‐5) monoclonal antibodies can be used as add‐
on biological therapies in allergic and non‐allergic patients with severe eosinophilic asthma …