Altered Innate Immune Responses in Neutrophils from Patients with Well- and Suboptimally Controlled Asthma

Background. Respiratory infections are a major cause of asthma exacerbations where neutrophilic inflammation dominates and is associated with steroid refractory asthma. Structural airway cells in asthma differ from nonasthmatics; however it is unknown if neutrophils differ. We investigated neutroph...

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Main Authors: Tang, Francesca S. M., Foxley, Gloria J., Gibson, Peter G., Burgess, Janette K., Baines, Katherine J., Oliver, Brian G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667029/