Asthma Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Asthma, including details on symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, causes, medications.

Volume 4 (2007), Issue 4 (April)

1. Pediatric patient asthma-related emergency department visits and admissions in Washington, DC, from 2001-2004, and associations with air quality, socio-economic status and age group.
   Environ Health, 6: 9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Master switches of T-cell activation and differentiation.
   Eur Respir J, 29(4): 804-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Local genetic and environmental factors in asthma disease pathogenesis: chronicity and persistence mechanisms.
   Eur Respir J, 29(4): 793-803. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Symptom perception and functional morbidity across a 1-year follow-up in pediatric asthma.
   Pediatr Pulmonol, 42(4): 339-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Use of written treatment plans for asthma by specialist physicians.
   Pediatr Pulmonol, 42(4): 348-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Hypertrichosis as a side effect of inhaled steroids in children.
   Pediatr Pulmonol, 42(4): 370-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Internet and written respiratory questionnaires yield equivalent results for adolescents.
   Pediatr Pulmonol, 42(4): 357-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Childhood adiposity predicts adult-onset current asthma in females: a 25-yr prospective study.
   Eur Respir J, 29(4): 668-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Respiratory heat and moisture loss is associated with eosinophilic inflammation in asthma.
   Eur Respir J, 29(4): 676-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Beclomethasone/formoterol versus budesonide/formoterol combination therapy in asthma.
    Eur Respir J, 29(4): 682-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Refill adherence for patients with asthma and COPD: comparison of a pharmacy record database with manually collected repeat prescriptions.
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 16(4): 441-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is essential for allergic asthma but not for Th2 differentiation.
    Eur J Immunol, 37(4): 1097-106. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Nephropathy, polyneuropathy, and gastroenteritis in a child with Churg-Strauss syndrome.
    Clin Rheumatol, 26(5): 831-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Asthma control in patients with asthma and allergic rhinitis receiving add-on montelukast therapy for 12 months: a retrospective observational study.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 23(4): 721-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Association analysis of CD40 polymorphisms with asthma and the level of serum total IgE.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 175(8): 775-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Smoking affects response to inhaled corticosteroids or leukotriene receptor antagonists in asthma.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 175(8): 783-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Invariant natural killer T cells in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    N Engl J Med, 356(14): 1410-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Bottle feeding and exposure to Toxocara as risk factors for wheezing illness among under-five Amazonian children: a population-based cross-sectional study.
    J Trop Pediatr, 53(2): 119-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Validation of a guideline-based composite outcome assessment tool for asthma control.
    Respir Res, 8: 26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Mast cell numbers in airway smooth muscle and PC20AMP in asthma and COPD.
    Respir Med, 101(5): 882-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Female gender is associated with higher incidence and more stable respiratory symptoms during adolescence.
    Respir Med, 101(5): 896-902. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Asthma control in Spain. Do season and treatment pattern matter? The ESCASE study.
    Respir Med, 101(5): 919-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Differentiation between the sensory and affective aspects of histamine-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma.
    Respir Med, 101(5): 925-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Changes in vagal tone with posture in asthma are related to changes in ventilatory pattern.
    Respir Med, 101(5): 1001-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. The utility of the forced oscillation technique in assessing bronchodilator responsiveness in patients with asthma.
    Respir Med, 101(5): 995-1000. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. The role of intrinsic efficacy in determining response to a beta2-agonist in acute severe asthma.
    Respir Med, 101(5): 1007-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Deep inspiration-induced changes in lung volume decrease with severity of asthma.
    Respir Med, 101(5): 951-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Perennial non-infectious rhinitis--an independent risk factor for sleep disturbances in Asthma.
    Respir Med, 101(5): 1015-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma update: allergen immunotherapy.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(4): 881-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Relationship between urinary cysteinyl leukotriene E4 levels and clinical response to antileukotriene treatment in patients with asthma.
    Lung, 185(2): 105-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Serum eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) in diagnosis and evaluation of severity and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in childhood asthma.
    Lung, 185(2): 97-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. The effect of inhaled budesonide and formoterol on bronchial remodeling and HRCT features in young asthmatics.
    Lung, 185(2): 89-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Development and cross-sectional validation of the Childhood Asthma Control Test.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(4): 817-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Adherence with montelukast or fluticasone in a long-term clinical trial: results from the mild asthma montelukast versus inhaled corticosteroid trial.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(4): 916-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Increased expression of ADAM33 and ADAM8 with disease progression in asthma.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(4): 863-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Mouse allergen-specific antibody responses in inner-city children with asthma.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(4): 910-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. IgE expression pattern in lung: relation to systemic IgE and asthma phenotypes.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(4): 855-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Remission of chronic fungal asthma in the absence of CCR8.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(4): 997-1004. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. An audiovisual reminder function improves adherence with inhaled corticosteroid therapy in asthma.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(4): 811-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. The use of imaging techniques for assessing severe childhood asthma.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(4): 808-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Hospitalized patients with asthma who leave against medical advice: characteristics, reasons, and outcomes.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 119(4): 924-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Airway wall thickening in patients with cough variant asthma and nonasthmatic chronic cough.
    Chest, 131(4): 1042-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Roles of angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 on airway microvascular permeability in asthmatic patients.
    Chest, 131(4): 1035-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Fertility rates in women with asthma, eczema, and hay fever: a general population-based cohort study.
    Am J Epidemiol, 165(9): 1023-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Developmental and behavioral comorbidities of asthma in children.
    J Dev Behav Pediatr, 28(2): 92-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Air pollution from biomass burning and asthma hospital admissions in a sugar cane plantation area in Brazil.
    J Epidemiol Community Health, 61(5): 395-400. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Increased sensitization in urban vs. rural environment--rural protection or an urban living effect?
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 18(3): 209-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Gender-specific differences in the prevention of asthma-like symptoms in high-risk infants.
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 18(3): 196-200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Time trend of asthma prevalence among school children in Taiwan: ISAAC phase I and III surveys.
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 18(3): 188-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. The role of antibiotics in asthma.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 29(5): 485-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Asthma attributable to atopy: does it depend on the allergen supply?
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 18(3): 181-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. High prevalence of atopy, but not of asthma, among children in an industrialized area in North Italy: the role of familial and environmental factors--a population-based study.
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 18(3): 201-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Hubs in biological interaction networks exhibit low changes in expression in experimental asthma.
    Mol Syst Biol, 3: 98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Importance of group X-secreted phospholipase A2 in allergen-induced airway inflammation and remodeling in a mouse asthma model.
    J Exp Med, 204(4): 865-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Impact of a continuing education program on community pharmacists' interventions and asthma medication use: a pilot study.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(4): 574-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. PPARG locus haplotype variation and exacerbations in asthma.
    Clin Pharmacol Ther, 81(5): 713-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Respiratory symptoms among infants at risk for asthma: association with surfactant protein A haplotypes.
    BMC Med Genet, 8: 15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Tailored interventions based on sputum eosinophils versus clinical symptoms for asthma in children and adults.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Psychosocial factors and incident asthma hospital admissions in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort study.
    Allergy, 62(5): 554-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Early and late phase asthmatic response in lower airways of cat-allergic asthmatic patients--a comparison between experimental and environmental allergen challenge.
    Allergy, 62(5): 488-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Mechanisms of virus-induced asthma exacerbations: state-of-the-art. A GA2LEN and InterAirways document.
    Allergy, 62(5): 457-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Adult asthma after non-respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis in infancy: subgroup analysis of the 20-year prospective follow-up study.
    Pediatr Int, 49(2): 190-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Cigarette smoking alters bronchial mucosal immunity in asthma.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 175(9): 919-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Ethnicity-specific gene-gene interaction between IL-13 and IL-4Ralpha among African Americans with asthma.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 175(9): 881-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. An investigation of airway acidification in asthma using induced sputum: a study of feasibility and correlation.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 175(9): 905-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. A web-based, tailored asthma management program for urban African-American high school students.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 175(9): 888-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Remodeling and airway hyperresponsiveness but not cellular inflammation persist after allergen challenge in asthma.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 175(9): 896-904. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. The Latino paradox in neighborhood context: the case of asthma and other respiratory conditions.
    Am J Public Health, 97(5): 919-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Parental smoking modifies the relation between genetic variation in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) and childhood asthma.
    Environ Health Perspect, 115(4): 616-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. In utero exposure to environmental tobacco smoke potentiates adult responses to allergen in BALB/c mice.
    Environ Health Perspect, 115(4): 548-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Anxiety and depressive disorders are associated with smoking in adolescents with asthma.
    J Adolesc Health, 40(5): 425-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. A community based questionnaire study on the association between symptoms suggestive of otitis media with effusion, rhinitis and asthma in primary school children.
    Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 71(5): 705-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Lower inhaled steroid requirement with a fluticasone/salmeterol combination in family practice patients with asthma or COPD.
    Fam Pract, 24(2): 181-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Vitamin D receptor expression by the lung micro-environment is required for maximal induction of lung inflammation.
    Arch Biochem Biophys, 460(2): 306-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. The validation of work-related self-reported asthma exacerbation.
    Occup Environ Med, 64(5): 343-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Psycho-educational interventions for adults with severe or difficult asthma: a systematic review.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 219-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Protection against exercise-induced bronchoconstriction two hours after a single oral dose of montelukast.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 213-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Monitoring flow rates and retention of inhalation techniques using the in-check dial device in adult asthmatics.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 209-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Psychopathology and personality factors modify the perception of dyspnea in asthmatics.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 203-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Impact of traffic flow on the asthma prevalence among school children in Lima, Peru.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 197-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Agreement between caregiver reported healthcare utilization and administrative data for children with asthma.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 189-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Impact of home environment characteristics on asthma quality of life and symptom scores.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 183-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Can older adult volunteers serve effectively to improve asthma management for children? Experience Corps Baltimore.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 177-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Complementary and alternative medicine use in children with asthma: prevalence and sociodemographic profile of users.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 169-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Severity of childhood asthma and human leukocyte antigens type.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 163-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. The impact of comorbid atopic disease on asthma: clinical expression and treatment.
    J Asthma, 44(3): 149-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Fine mapping of murine asthma quantitative trait loci and analyses of Ptgs1 and Mrc1 as positional candidate genes.
    DNA Seq, 18(3): 190-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the role of formoterol in the management of acute asthma.
    Emerg Med J, 24(5): 317-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Inverse associations of Helicobacter pylori with asthma and allergy.
    Arch Intern Med, 167(8): 821-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. The effects of systemic lidocaine on airway tone and pulmonary function in asthmatic subjects.
    Anesth Analg, 104(5): 1109-15, tables of contents. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Human metapneumovirus bronchiolitis in infancy is an important risk factor for asthma at age 5.
    Pediatr Pulmonol, 42(5): 458-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Growth deceleration of children on inhaled corticosteroids is compensated for after the first 12 months of treatment.
    Pediatr Pulmonol, 42(5): 465-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Anti-inflammatory pharmacotherapy for wheezing in preschool children.
    Pediatr Pulmonol, 42(5): 407-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. The use of a modification of the Patient Enablement Instrument in asthma.
    Prim Care Respir J, 16(2): 89-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Inhalation therapy: an historical review.
    Prim Care Respir J, 16(2): 71-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Body mass index is associated with reduced exhaled nitric oxide and higher exhaled 8-isoprostanes in asthmatics.
    Respir Res, 8: 32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Asthma and the unified airway.
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 136(5): S75-106. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Rates of hospitalizations and emergency department visits in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease taking beta-blockers.
    Pharmacotherapy, 27(5): 684-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Asthma exacerbations. 5: assessment and management of severe asthma in adults in hospital.
    Thorax, 62(5): 447-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Occupation and adult-onset asthma among Chinese women in a population-based cohort.
     Am J Ind Med, 50(4): 265-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Physical activity and bronchial hyperresponsiveness: European Community Respiratory Health Survey II.
     Thorax, 62(5): 403-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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