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. 2023 May;28(5):491-494.
doi: 10.1111/resp.14491. Epub 2023 Mar 13.

Sputum periostin is a biomarker of type 2 inflammation but not airway dysfunction in asthma

Taha Al-Shaikhly  1   2 , Ryan C Murphy  2   3 , Ying Lai  2   3 , Charles W Frevert  2   4 , Jason S Debley  5   6 , Steven F Ziegler  7 , Kit Wong  8 , Guiquan Jia  8 , Cecile T J Holweg  8 , Michael C Peters  9 , Teal S Hallstrand  2   3
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Sputum periostin is a biomarker of type 2 inflammation but not airway dysfunction in asthma

Taha Al-Shaikhly et al. Respirology. 2023 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: IL-13; IL-4; IL-5; airway hyperresponsiveness; asthma; periostin; type-2.

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Conflict of Interest Statement

T.A.-S. has a patent MicroRNAs as Predictors of Response to Anti-IgE Therapies in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria pending. C.W.F., J.S.D., S.F.Z., and T.S.H report grants from the National Institute of Health during the conduct of the study. M.C.P. reports grants from National Institute of Health-NHLBI, Boeringer-Ingelheim, Astrazeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi-Genzyme-Regeneron, and Teva, outside the submitted work. K.W., G.J., and C.T.J.H. are employees of Genentech. All other authors declared no conflict of interest.

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