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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2020

Airway Remodeling in Asthma.

Kenneth P Hough, Miranda L Curtiss, Trevor J Blain, Rui-Ming Liu, Jennifer Trevor, Jessy S Deshane, Victor J Thannickal

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 250 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
250citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
26.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

250 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 389 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A molecular systems architecture of asthma.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  20. Structural and cellular mechanisms of mucus plugging in the larger airways.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kenneth P HoughDivision of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Miranda L CurtissDivision of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Trevor J BlainDivision of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Rui-Ming LiuDivision of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Jennifer TrevorDivision of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Jessy S DeshaneDivision of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Victor J ThannickalDivision of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

UAB CF Research and Translation Core CenterP30DK072482 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI AMIT GAGGAR · 2007 to 2026
$23.0M
Therapeutic Targeting of the Myofibroblast in Fibrotic Lung DiseaseP01HL114470 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI THANNICKAL, VICTOR J. · 2013 to 2022
$17.8M
Project 5 Nano-micro Hybrid Fibrous Materials for Containment Removal and Site RemediationP42ES027723 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI LUNGU, CLAUDIU T · 2020 to 2024
$6.7M
Environmental Cadmium and COPDR01ES029981 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ANTONY, VEENA B. · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
Myeloid-Derived Regulatory Cells in AsthmaR01HL128502 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DESHANE, JESSY SATYADAS · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL114470NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128502NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK072482NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES027723NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES029981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways that may result from exposure to allergens or other environmental irritants, resulting in bronchoconstriction, wheezing, and shortness of breath. The structural changes of the airways associated with asthma, broadly referred to as airway remodeling, is a pathological feature of chronic asthma that contributes to the clinical manifestations of the disease. Airway remodeling in asthma constitutes cellular and extracellular matrix changes in the large and small airways, epithelial cell apoptosis, airway smooth muscle cell proliferation, and fibroblast activation. These pathological changes in the airway are orchestrated by crosstalk of different cell types within the airway wall and submucosa. Environmental exposures to dust, chemicals, and cigarette smoke can initiate the cascade of pro-inflammatory responses that trigger airway remodeling through paracrine signaling and mechanostimulatory cues that drive airway remodeling. In this review, we explore three integrated and dynamic processes in airway remodeling: (1) initiation by epithelial cells; (2) amplification by immune cells; and (3) mesenchymal effector functions. Furthermore, we explore the role of inflammaging in the dysregulated and persistent inflammatory response that perpetuates airway remodeling in elderly asthmatics.

Indexed as

airway remodelingasthmaepitheliumimmune cellsmesenchyme

Identifiers

PMID32509793
PMCPMC7253669
OpenAlexW3026239379

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Registered trials

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