Eosinophilic inflammation in subjects with mild-to-moderate asthma with and without obesity: disparity between sputum and biopsies

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 May 15;189(10):1281-4. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201310-1841LE.

Authors

Erica van der Wiel¹, Nick H T Ten Hacken, Maarten van den Berge, Wim Timens, Helen K Reddel, Dirkje S Postma

Affiliation

¹ 1 University of Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands and GRIAC Research Institute Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 24832748
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201310-1841LE

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Asthma / immunology*
Eosinophilia / immunology*
Female
Humans
Interleukin-5 / immunology*
Male
Obesity / immunology*
Respiratory Mucosa / immunology*
Sputum / immunology*

Substances

Interleukin-5