Characterization and role of innate lymphoid cell subtypes in non-allergic asthma KU Leuven
Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE)
Asthma is a lower airway disease characterized by symptoms, episodic attacks and underlying airway inflammation and -hyper reactivity. Recent evidence suggests that environmental exposures (exercise, pathogens, pollutants, allergens) can trigger and stimulate the epithelial airway barrier to start a vicious circle of local inflammation. The newly identified innate lymphoid cells (ILC) here might play a central role. A subgroup of (mostly ...