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Invited lecture: activation of the epithelial mesenchymal trophic unit in the pathogenesis of asthma

Invited lecture: activation of the epithelial mesenchymal trophic unit in the pathogenesis of asthma
Invited lecture: activation of the epithelial mesenchymal trophic unit in the pathogenesis of asthma
Background: A recent NIH Workshop and an ERS Task Force concluded that more work was needed to understand mechanisms of severe and chronic asthma. This report describes a series of studies that identify aberrant epithelial mesenchymal signalling in the airways as an important event in maintaining inflammation and driving remodelling in response to environmental injury. Methods: Immunohistochemistry, genotyping and functional studies conducted on cultured asthmatic cells and mucosal biopsies were used to identify biochemical pathways involved in epithelial injury and repair in asthma and their relationship to disease severity. Results: Our findings suggest that the asthmatic state results from an interaction between a susceptible epithelium and Th-2-mediated inflammation to alter the communication between the epithelium and the underlying mesenchyme - the epithelial mesenchymal trophic unit - leading to disease persistence, airway remodelling and refractoriness to corticosteroid treatment. Conclusions: Asthma is more than an inflammatory disorder, but requires engagement of important signalling pathways involved in epithelial repair and tissue remodelling. These pathways involving EGFRs and TGF-Rs provide targets against which to develop novel therapies for chronic asthma.
1018-2438
253-258
Holgate, S.T.
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Lackie, P.M.
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Howarth, P.H.
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Roche, W.R.
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Puddicombe, S.M.
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Richter, A.
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Wilson, S.J.
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Holloway, J.W.
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Davies, D.E.
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Howarth, P.H.
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Roche, W.R.
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Puddicombe, S.M.
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Wilson, S.J.
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Holloway, J.W.
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Davies, D.E.
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Holgate, S.T., Lackie, P.M., Howarth, P.H., Roche, W.R., Puddicombe, S.M., Richter, A., Wilson, S.J., Holloway, J.W. and Davies, D.E. (2001) Invited lecture: activation of the epithelial mesenchymal trophic unit in the pathogenesis of asthma. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 124 (1-3), 253-258. (doi:10.1159/000053726).

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Background: A recent NIH Workshop and an ERS Task Force concluded that more work was needed to understand mechanisms of severe and chronic asthma. This report describes a series of studies that identify aberrant epithelial mesenchymal signalling in the airways as an important event in maintaining inflammation and driving remodelling in response to environmental injury. Methods: Immunohistochemistry, genotyping and functional studies conducted on cultured asthmatic cells and mucosal biopsies were used to identify biochemical pathways involved in epithelial injury and repair in asthma and their relationship to disease severity. Results: Our findings suggest that the asthmatic state results from an interaction between a susceptible epithelium and Th-2-mediated inflammation to alter the communication between the epithelium and the underlying mesenchyme - the epithelial mesenchymal trophic unit - leading to disease persistence, airway remodelling and refractoriness to corticosteroid treatment. Conclusions: Asthma is more than an inflammatory disorder, but requires engagement of important signalling pathways involved in epithelial repair and tissue remodelling. These pathways involving EGFRs and TGF-Rs provide targets against which to develop novel therapies for chronic asthma.

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Published date: 2001

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Local EPrints ID: 27104
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/27104
ISSN: 1018-2438
PURE UUID: 5eed873e-7d69-43ee-994c-82c62231d98e
ORCID for P.M. Lackie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-3764
ORCID for S.J. Wilson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-8271
ORCID for J.W. Holloway: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-0464
ORCID for D.E. Davies: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5117-2991

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Date deposited: 26 Apr 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:57

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Author: S.T. Holgate
Author: P.M. Lackie ORCID iD
Author: P.H. Howarth
Author: W.R. Roche
Author: S.M. Puddicombe
Author: A. Richter
Author: S.J. Wilson ORCID iD
Author: J.W. Holloway ORCID iD
Author: D.E. Davies ORCID iD

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