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Parental preconception BMI trajectories from childhood to adolescence and asthma in the future offspringRecent evidence suggests that parental exposures before conception can increase the risk of asthma in offspring. We investigated the association between parents' preconception body mass index (BMI) trajectories from childhood to adolescence and subsequent risk of asthma in their offspring.
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Clinical characteristics of eosinophilic asthma exacerbationsEosinophilic asthma exacerbations may be clinically more severe than non-eosinophilic exacerbation
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Disruption of β-catenin/CBP signaling inhibits human airway epithelial-mesenchymal transition and repair.The airway epithelium of both children and adults with asthma is relatively undifferentiated characterized by a significantly increased proportion of...
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Environmental Factors in Children's Asthma and Respiratory EffectsAsthma is more common in childhood than in adulthood and is more correctly thought of as a syndrome than as a discrete condition.
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1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 enhances the ability of transferred CD4+ CD25+ cells to modulate T helper type 2-driven asthmatic responsesThe severity of allergic diseases may be modified by vitamin D. However, the immune pathways modulated by the active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D.
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Interactions between innate and adaptive immunity in asthma pathogenesis: new perspectives from studies on acute exacerbationsAtopic asthma, which is at its highest prevalence during childhood/young adulthood, represents the main focus of this review.
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Infection and the development of allergic diseaseAn improved understanding of the roles of protein kinases in intracellular signalling and disease progression has driven significant advances in protein...
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Differences in innate immune function between allergic and nonallergic children: New insights into immune ontogenyWe sought to explore whether allergic children show differences in microbial Toll-like receptor (TLR)-mediated responses over their first 5 years of life.
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Linking lung function and inflammatory responses in ventilator-induced lung injuryDespite decades of research, the mechanisms of ventilator-induced lung injury are poorly understood...
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The role of GSTP1 polymorphisms and tobacco smoke exposure in children with acute asthmaThe glutathione S-transferase enzymes (GSTs) play an important role in the detoxification of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), which contributes to airway infl