The future of asthma therapy: Integrating clinical and experimental studies

David Corry, Farrah Kheradmand

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    Abstract

    Asthma is one of the most common, and now most heavily investigated, of modern diseases. Research along two fronts, involving experimental models of asthma and human clinical trials, proceeds in parallel, often with investigators unaware of their counterpart's findings. Here, we review the unique immunological insights into asthma pathogenesis and therapy that may be gained from comparison of human clinical trial results and analogous experimental studies. The pitfalls and benefits of animal models of asthma are discussed, and we briefly review ongoing asthma clinical studies that are based on immunological principals. Finally, we use new insights from human and animal studies to construct a refined immunopathologic disease model that may be of use in designing future experimental and therapeutic studies.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)35-51
    Number of pages17
    JournalImmunologic Research
    Volume33
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Oct 2005

    Keywords

    • Allergic lung disease
    • Asthma
    • Cytokine
    • Immunoglobulin
    • Type I hypersensitivity

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Immunology

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