Category: News & Articles
... the body to exacerbate the biological inflammatory response in major airway diseases such as asthma and emphysema. Sinister specks of a ... the body to exacerbate the biological inflammatory response in major airway diseases such as asthma and emphysema. That is the ... they reproduce. However the specks retain their ability to trigger inflammation even after the demise of the original cell. “Humans ...
Category: News & Articles
... have discovered a protein that induces both stiffening and inflammation in the airways of the lung, causing severe and chronic ... but deadly disease known as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). “Airway fibrosis, where you get collagen deposits around the airways, is ... asthma, COPD and IPF and found there was complete protection against airway fibrosis. The results have just been published in the ...
Category: News & Articles
... asthma symptoms. “We know that people with asthma experience airway inflammation, which can make breathing more difficult. Obesity may be one of several factors that contribute to airway inflammation,” Dr Lisa Wood, lead investigator on the study, ...
Category: Research
... during these attacks, and treat them better. We will investigate how airway narrowing that happens during an asthma attack not only leads to ... death, but also has other effects. During most asthma attacks airway narrowing, viral infection and inflammation of the airway occur simultaneously. Previous work has ...
Category: Research
... concentration (FeNO) as a non-invasive surrogate marker for airways inflammation). Bronchiolitis is the most common and severe virus-induced ... to antiviral host responses and the development of atopy and airways inflammation in childhood, which are all considered as crucial factors ... susceptibility to LRTI in infancy and potentially atopy and airways inflammation in childhood may directly translate into novel preventative ...
Category: General
... athletes at a higher risk of upper respiratory illness, to improve airway health and function, and reduce the frequency and duration of upper respirat01y illness by reducing airway inflammation. The research team has extensive links with AIS sports, AIS ...
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Research Airway inflammation in childhood asthma ...
Category: Research
Research Trans Fatty acids and airway inflammation ...
Category: Research
... Growing into Asthma Study: Wheezing prevalance and markers of airways inflammation in preschoolers born to mothers in asthma exacerbations in ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... 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 ...
