New asthma pathway discovery may lead to new approaches to treatment

Dr. Barry Dworkin

Health Headlines Commentary for March 8, 2018

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New molecular target could help ease asthma

Reference:

Xiaofei Shen, Muhammad Asghar Pasha, Kelsi Hidde, Adil Khan, Mingwei Liang, Wenxian Guan, Yitao Ding, Angela Haczku, Qi Yang. Group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote airway hyperresponsiveness through production of VEGFA. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2018; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.01.005

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