Rhinitis and asthma are often associated and the two disorders interact at various levels. Rhinitis typically precedes the development of asthma and can contribute to unsatisfactory asthma control.

Type 2-high asthma, a subtype of asthma caused by elevated levels of proteins known as type 2 cytokines, affects about half of asthma patients and often results in more severe disease than other ...

Both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are airway disorders associated with elevated, uncontrolled inflammation in respiratory tissues. Spikes in inflammation culminate in ...

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Despite a wealth of available treatments to control the symptoms of chronic asthma, the lung disease has no cure. The discovery of an unexpected cause of asthma could change that. A glitch in the ...

A significant amount of genetic risk for asthma is likely mediated through altered gene expression within the airway epithelium. That is the conclusion of a National Jewish Health-led study to ...

A new study implicates remodeling of nerves in the airways as a key contributor to heightened sensitivity and airway constriction in patients with asthma. The study published today in the journal ...

Today, there is a broader understanding of asthma, including the genetic, environmental, and host-related factors that contribute to declining lung function in patients. Asthma affects up to 13% of ...

In asthma, the airways become hyperresponsive. Researchers have found a new mechanism that contributes to, and explains, airway hyperresponsiveness. In asthma, the airways become hyperresponsive.

The chest tightness that an asthma patient experiences may be in part the cause of the disease as well as a symptom. Most physicians and scientists have believed that inflammation alone causes air ...

Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2010;6(3):413-423. Recently, it was shown that in nonasthmatic rhinitics who are allergic to mites, specific bronchial challenge is able to bring the levels of nitric oxide to ...