New research from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology has brought a novel, long-term treatment for severe asthma a step closer. Building on a decade of work, the new findings present a potential way ...

Novel role for nitric oxide in treatment of asthma and other obstructive airway diseases detailed by team at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University Many therapeutics for asthma and ...

Scientists have discovered that an inflammatory cytokine known as LIGHT is a major factor in the deadly airway damage that can affect people with severe asthma. This research has suggested that such ...

Many therapeutics for asthma and other obstructive lung diseases target a certain G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that rapidly supports airway relaxation when stimulated. Yet, overuse of these ...

A recent study published in Frontiers in Immunology discussed how injury and abnormal repair of the airway epithelium drive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Study: Mechanisms ...

An indirect assessment of the functioning of smooth muscle activity in the airways and gastrointestinal wall may help explain the shared pathophysiology that links these 2 common childhood ailments.

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have discovered that a protein called Piezo1 prevents type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) in the lung from becoming ...

As the English poet John Donne famously wrote in 1624, “No organ is an island.” Or at least, that’s what he would have written if he had been a psychoneuroimmunologist instead of a poet. Today, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found people with asthma had elevated risk for lung cancer, blood cancers, melanoma, kidney cancer ...

CLEVELAND--Many therapeutics for asthma and other obstructive lung diseases target the β 2-adrenergic receptor (β 2 AR), a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that rapidly supports airway relaxation ...