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... are your research interests? My research has a focus on understanding inflammation in airways disease and in particular neutrophilic ... in the fields of non-eosinophilic asthma, non-invasive assessment of airway inflammation and neutrophilic airways diseases. Her research ... a disease characterised only by eosinophilic (a type of immune cell) airway inflammation. Professor Simpson identified and characterised ...
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... and develop gene-expression biomarker signatures for predicting airway inflammation, treatment responses and future risk of exacerbations of ... gene expression signatures can improve diagnosis and management of airway disease through identification of phenotype, underlying ...
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What are your research interests? Airway hyperresponsiveness and eosinophilia. Severe asthma and ... of the innate immune system in the pathogenesis of steroid-resistant inflammation in asthma. His research addresses an unmet need globally ... this research program and established experimental models of allergic airway diseases, acute respiratory infection and severe and ...
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... with the bacteria Streptococcus pneumonia, piquing my interest in airway inflammation. What would be the ultimate goal for your research? New ... etc. Biography In the race to develop urgently needed treatments for airway inflammation disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive ...
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... intake on asthma control, symptoms and lung function, as well as inflammation and anti-viral responses. Examining the effects of obesity on the lungs: here we are collecting blood and airway samples from obese people who are undergoing bariatric surgery, ... laboratory models show that consumption of soluble fibre reduces airway inflammation. We are conducting clinical trials and examining ...
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... in the investigation and therapeutic targeting of infection and inflammation-induced diseases of the respiratory, reproductive and ... His major focus is on asthma and respiratory diseases. Excessive inflammation and dysregulated immune responses play a key role in asthma ... in order to discover new cost-effective methods for controlling inflammation in a range of different diseases with a focus on ...
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... conditions such as asthma and COPD the involvement of virus infected airway (epithelial) cells on activation of allergic inflammation understanding how rhinoviruses replicate in airway epithelial cells to discover new targets for anti-viral ...
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... and dysregulation of asthma, respiratory diseases and chronic inflammation. Laureate Professor Foster is a Professor and Chair of ... works in the field of respiratory research and how conditions such as inflammation, infection, immune responses and genetic factors can affect ... team, Laureate Professor Foster has developed several models of airway diseases so they can interrogate different aspects of ...
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... group has developed expertise in identifying respiratory viruses in airway secretions and developing an in-vitro cell culture model of infection. The role of the airway epithelium in innate immunity and inflammation in the context of asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis and ...
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... improving treatment regimens and management strategies for asthma and airway disease. Professor Gibson and his team are working to improve the ... in the immune system which are thought to exacerbate respiratory inflammation when expressed in excess in conditions such as ...
