Novel Inflammatory Markers in Different Phenotypes of Severe Asthma
Asthma is a highly prevalent chronic airway inflammatory disease characterized by airway hyper-responsiveness, reversible airflow obstruction and increased mucus secretion, involving large and small airways. An emerging sub-phenotype of severe asthma is the late onset disease associated with nasal polyposis, a frequent co-morbidity that significantly impacts lung function and symptom control. On the basis of the infiltrate found in the sputum, asthma can be divided into four distinct phenotypes: eosinophilic, neutrophilic, mixed granulocytic and pauci-granulocytic. The majority of patients with eosinophilic asthma are sensitive to corticosteroids, and biological therapies targeting eosinophils (anti-Interleukin (IL)-5 and anti-IL5R) have been recently approved. However, it is known that some asthmatics, particularly those who have severe disease and are resistant to corticosteroids, have elevated neutrophil counts in the airway where they play a vital role in the exacerbation of the disease. However, the precise role of neutrophils in severe asthma and the mechanisms involved in neutrophil-induced tissue damage have not been clarified yet.
The hypothesis of the study is that neutrophils and eosinophils can contribute to the severity of asthma by changing their phenotypes according to the airway environment. Thus, a better understanding of the roles of neutrophils and eosinophils in severe asthma may lead to the identification of novel biomarkers and the development of new therapeutic approaches in different phenotypes of severe asthma.
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연구 연락처
- 이름: Ilaria Puxeddu, MD, PhD
- 전화번호: +393394740912
- 이메일: ilaria.puxeddu@unipi.it
연구 장소
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Tuscany
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Pisa, Tuscany, 이탈리아, 56126
- 모병
- Pisa University
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연락하다:
- Ilaria Puxeddu, MD, PhD
- 전화번호: +393394740912
- 이메일: ilaria.puxeddu@unipi.it
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공부할 수 있는 나이
건강한 자원 봉사자를 받아들입니다
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샘플링 방법
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설명
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female
- age (18-65 years)
- Diagnosis of severe asthma according to the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) definition, with and without nasal symptoms
- normal pulmonary function post-therapy (FEV1 post-bronchodilation: greater than 80% of the predicted value, with FEV1/ vital capacity (VC) > 88-89% - for males and females, respectively - of the predicted value)
- non reversible chronic airflow limitation (FEV1 post-bronchodilation: lower than 70% of the predicted value, with FEV1/VC < 88-89% of the predicted value)
- Signing of the informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Referred Pregnancy
- Use of therapy with beta-blockers
- Smoking (current or within the previous 3 months)
- Negation to participate to the study
- Current upper and lower airways infectious diseases
- Current systemic infectious diseases
공부 계획
연구는 어떻게 설계됩니까?
디자인 세부사항
코호트 및 개입
그룹/코호트 |
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asthma with nasal polyps
severe asthma with involvement of the upper airways (chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps)
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observation of biomarkers in different asthma groups
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severe asthma without nasal polyps
severe asthma without involvement of the upper airways
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observation of biomarkers in different asthma groups
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연구는 무엇을 측정합니까?
주요 결과 측정
결과 측정 |
측정값 설명 |
기간 |
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cell receptors
기간: 2 years
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to identify neutrophil- and eosinophil-receptors in the airways of severe asthmatic patients with or without involvement of the upper airways
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2 years
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cell mediators
기간: 2 years
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to identify soluble and matrix-derived mediators from neutrophils and eosinophils in the airways of severe asthmatic patients with or without involvement of the upper airways
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2 years
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공동 작업자 및 조사자
간행물 및 유용한 링크
일반 간행물
- Wu W, Bleecker E, Moore W, Busse WW, Castro M, Chung KF, Calhoun WJ, Erzurum S, Gaston B, Israel E, Curran-Everett D, Wenzel SE. Unsupervised phenotyping of Severe Asthma Research Program participants using expanded lung data. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 May;133(5):1280-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.11.042. Epub 2014 Feb 28.
- Wenzel SE, Jayawardena S, Graham NM, Pirozzi G, Teper A. Severe asthma and asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease syndrome - Authors' reply. Lancet. 2016 Dec 3;388(10061):2742. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31720-2. Epub 2016 Dec 2. No abstract available.
- Ray A, Kolls JK. Neutrophilic Inflammation in Asthma and Association with Disease Severity. Trends Immunol. 2017 Dec;38(12):942-954. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2017.07.003. Epub 2017 Aug 4.
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