JACI Journal Club

Each month, the Editors of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology will select two JACI articles for discussion. Readers are invited to send in their questions and comments, which will be addressed by the authors. Articles highlighted on this blog are available free of charge from the links in each post.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Biomarker-based asthma phenotypes of corticosteroid response

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Inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) are the mainstay of treatment of asthma. However, a considerable proportion of asthmatic patients do not res...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

Overweight children report qualitatively distinct asthma symptoms: Analysis of validated symptom measures

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The relationship between overweight/obesity and asthma phenotype in children remains inadequately defined. Several large epidemiologic stud...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

The prevalence of severe refractory asthma

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Severe asthma is characterized by difficulty to achieve disease control despite high-dose inhaled glucocorticoids plus long acting β 2 –ago...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Pioglitazone restores mitochondrial oxidant production in CGD phagocytes and enhances their bactericidal capacity

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In addition to having a nonfunctional NADPH oxidase, activated phagocytes from patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) and gp91pho...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Anti-IL-23A mAb BI 655066 for treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis: Safety, efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and biomarker results of a single-rising-dose, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Psoriasis, a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease, affects approximately 2% of the global population. Eighty to ninety percent...
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Monday, March 9, 2015

Allergy to furry animals: New insights, diagnostic approaches, and challenges

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The prevalence of allergy to furry animals has been increasing, and allergy to cats, dogs, or both is considered a major risk factor for th...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Role of siglecs and related glycan-binding proteins in immune responses and immunoregulation

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Recent years have seen a tremendous acceleration of knowledge in the field of glycobiology, revealing many intricacies and functional contr...
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