A review of the pathophysiology and the role of ion channels on bronchial asthma

• Main Authors: Indyra Alencar Duarte Figueiredo (Author), Sarah Rebeca Dantas Ferreira (Author), Jayne Muniz Fernandes (Author), Bagnólia Araújo da Silva (Author), Luiz Henrique César Vasconcelos (Author), Fabiana de Andrade Cavalcante (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Asthma is one of the main non-communicable chronic diseases and affects a huge portion of the population. It is a multifactorial disease, classified into several phenotypes, being the allergic the most frequent. The pathophysiological mechanism of asthma involves a Th2-type immune response, with hig...