Eosinophil protein in airway macrophages: a novel biomarker of eosinophilic inflammation in patients with asthma.

BACKGROUND: Noneosinophilic asthma is common across asthma severities. However, in patients with moderate-to-severe disease, the absence of sputum eosinophilia cannot distinguish between asthmatic subjects with eosinophilic inflammation controlled by corticosteroids versus those in whom eosinophilic...

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Main Authors: Kulkarni, N, Hollins, F, Sutcliffe, A, Saunders, R, Shah, S, Siddiqui, S, Gupta, S, Haldar, P, Green, R, Pavord, I, Wardlaw, A, Brightling, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010