Role of biologics in asthma

MC McGregor, JG Krings, P Nair… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Patients with severe uncontrolled asthma have disproportionally high morbidity and
healthcare utilization as compared with their peers with well-controlled disease. Although …

Anti‐IL‐5 therapies for asthma

HA Farne, A Wilson, S Milan, E Banchoff… - Cochrane Database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Antecedentes Esta la segunda actualización de una revisión publicada anteriormente en la
Biblioteca Cochrane (2015, primera actualización en 2017). La interleucina 5 (IL‐5) es la …

Asthma phenotypes and IgE responses

A Froidure, J Mouthuy, SR Durham… - European …, 2015 - publications.ersnet.org
The discovery of IgE represented a major breakthrough in allergy and asthma research,
whereas the clinical interest given to IgE in asthma has been blurred until the arrival of anti …

Is IgE or eosinophils the key player in allergic asthma pathogenesis? Are we asking the right question?

A Matucci, A Vultaggio, E Maggi, I Kasujee - Respiratory research, 2018 - Springer
Bronchial asthma (BA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with a marked heterogeneity in
pathophysiology and etiology. The heterogeneity of BA may be related to the inducing …

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 …

Omalizumab, the first available antibody for biological treatment of severe asthma: more than a decade of real-life effectiveness

C Pelaia, C Calabrese, R Terracciano… - Therapeutic …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Omalizumab was the first, and for a long time the only available monoclonal antibody for the
add-on treatment of severe allergic asthma. In particular, omalizumab selectively targets …

[HTML][HTML] Innate and adaptive T cells in asthmatic patients: relationship to severity and disease mechanisms

TSC Hinks, X Zhou, KJ Staples, BD Dimitrov… - Journal of allergy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease involving diverse cells and mediators
whose interconnectivity and relationships to asthma severity are unclear. Objective We …

Omalizumab in asthma: an update on recent developments

M Humbert, W Busse, NA Hanania, PJ Lowe… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2014 - Elsevier
IgE is central to the pathophysiology of allergic asthma. Omalizumab, a humanized anti-IgE
mAb, specifically binds free IgE and interrupts the allergic cascade by preventing binding of …

Human mast cells and basophils—How are they similar how are they different?

G Varricchi, U Raap, F Rivellese… - Immunological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mast cells and basophils are key contributors to allergies and other inflammatory diseases
since they are the most prominent source of histamine as well as numerous additional …

Tezepelumab compared with other biologics for the treatment of severe asthma: a systematic review and indirect treatment comparison

A Menzies-Gow, J Steenkamp, S Singh… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Aims To compare the efficacy of tezepelumab with other approved biologics via indirect
treatment comparisons (ITCs) in patients aged≥ 12 years with severe uncontrolled asthma …