Altered Innate Immune Responses in Neutrophils from Patients with Well- and Suboptimally Controlled Asthma

• Main Authors: Francesca S. M. Tang (Author), Gloria J. Foxley (Author), Peter G. Gibson (Author), Janette K. Burgess (Author), Katherine J. Baines (Author), Brian G. Oliver (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Respiratory infections are a major cause of asthma exacerbations where neutrophilic inflammation dominates and is associated with steroid refractory asthma. Structural airway cells in asthma differ from nonasthmatics; however it is unknown if neutrophils differ. We investigated neutrophi...