Phenotype of asthma related with high serum periostin levels.

M, Matsusaka; H, Kabata; K, Fukunaga; Y, Suzuki; K, Masaki; T, Mochimaru; F, Sakamaki; Y, Oyamada; T, Inoue; T, Oguma; K, Sayama; H, Koh; M, Nakamura; A, Umeda; J, Ono; S, Ohta; K, Izuhara; K, Asano; T, Betsuyaku

doi:10.1016/j.alit.2014.07.003

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Phenotype of asthma related with high serum periostin levels.

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Matsusaka M

Kabata H

Fukunaga K

Abstract

Background Asthma is a heterogeneous disease composed of various phenotypes. Periostin, a molecule inducible with interleukin (IL)-4 or IL-13 in bronchial epithelial cells, is a biomarker of "TH2-high" asthma. The objective of this study is to examine whether the serum periostin concentrations are c...

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eosinophils

Olfactory Dysfunction

Chronic Rhinosinusitis

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