Read the full paper titled Intranasal administration of mesenchymoangioblast - derived mesenchymal stem cells abrogates airway fibrosis and airway hyperresponsiveness associated with
chronic allergic airways disease published in the FASEB Journal.
Lead researchers Associate Professor Chrishan Samuel and Dr Simon Royce tested the efficacy of the MSCs on three key components of asthma in a preclinical model of
chronic allergic airways disease: inflammation; airway remodeling (structural changes that occur in lungs as a result of prolonged inflammation); and airway hyperresponsiveness (the clinical symptom of asthma).
Not exact matches
«Asthma and
airway allergic responses are among the most common
chronic diseases in childhood affecting more than 6 million children in the US,» said John Wherry, Ph.D., Deputy Editor of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology.
Objectives: This study investigated comorbidity in chemical intolerance (CI) and building - related intolerance (BRI) with (i)
chronic sinusitis,
chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease,
allergic and nonallergic asthma and
allergic rhinitis, and (ii)
airway inflammatory symptoms.
Coughing can be a symptom of several maladies, including heartworm
disease,
chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease,
allergic bronchitis, cardiomyopathy, congestive heart
disease, lung cancer, and several other pathologies that can affect the upper and lower
airways.
Asthma in cats is best defined as
chronic allergic bronchial
airway disease.