Airway Inflammation

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SAN DIEGO — High HbA1c levels consistent with prediabetes were associated with worse asthma control in a population of urban children, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — Among adults with uncontrolled moderate to severe asthma and high type 2 inflammation measures, 24-week dupilumab lowered inflammation and mucus plug scores, according to study results.

Among adolescents, increases in average rain or snowfall over a week resulted in heightened fractional exhaled nitric oxide, signaling airway inflammation, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Cardiovascular disease often occurs among patients with both COPD and obstructive sleep apnea, but there are little data evaluating how the overlap impacts disease severity, according to a presentation at the 2023 GOLD COPD conference.

A cytotoxic CD4+ tissue-resident memory T-cell subset may be critical in driving airway inflammation and remodeling among men with severe asthma, according to a study published in Med.

Blood eosinophil counts, serum IgE and fractional exhaled nitric oxide may be used to classify patients with T2-high or uncontrolled asthma, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

WASHINGTON — Fractional exhaled nitric oxide represents a noninvasive marker of airway inflammation with good longitudinal fidelity among patients with severe asthma, according to data presented here.

High sputum inflammatory concentrations in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia were linked to high structural lung injury percentages, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Individuals who smoked marijuana were more likely to have emphysema, airway changes and gynecomastia than tobacco-only smokers and nonsmokers, according to a study published in Radiology.