Phenotype of asthma related with high serum periostin levels

Phenotype of asthma related with high serum periostin levels

Background: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease composed of various phenotypes. Periostin, a molecule inducible with interleukin (IL)-4 or IL-13 in bronchial epithelial cells, is a biomarker of “TH2-high” asthma. The objective of this study is to examine whether the serum periostin concentrations are...

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Main Authors: Masako Matsusaka, Hiroki Kabata, Koichi Fukunaga, Yusuke Suzuki, Katsunori Masaki, Takao Mochimaru, Fumio Sakamaki, Yoshitaka Oyamada, Takashi Inoue, Tsuyoshi Oguma, Koichi Sayama, Hidefumi Koh, Morio Nakamura, Akira Umeda, Junya Ono, Shoichiro Ohta, Kenji Izuhara, Koichiro Asano, Tomoko Betsuyaku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-04-01
Series:Allergology International
Subjects:
Chronic rhinosinusitis
Eosinophils
Nasal polyp
Olfactory dysfunction
TH2-high asthma
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893014000069

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