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Hematopoietic Processes in Eosinophilic Asthma
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Hematopoietic Processes in Eosinophilic Asthma

Abstract

Airway eosinophilia is a hallmark of allergic asthma, and understanding mechanisms that promote increases in lung eosinophil numbers is important for effective pharmacotherapeutic development. It has become evident that expansion of hematopoietic compartments in the bone marrow (BM) promotes differentiation and trafficking of mature eosinophils to the airways. Hematopoietic progenitor cells egress the BM and home to the lungs, where in situ differentiation within the tissue provides an ongoing source of proinflammatory cells. In addition, hematopoietic progenitor cells in the airways can respond to locally derived alarmins to produce a panoply of cytokines, thereby themselves acting as effector proinflammatory cells that potentiate type 2 responses in eosinophilic asthma. In this review, we provide evidence for these findings and discuss novel targets for modulating eosinophilopoietic processes, migration, and effector function of precursor cells.

Authors

Salter BM; Sehmi R

Journal

Chest, Vol. 152, No. 2, pp. 410–416

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

August 1, 2017

DOI

10.1016/j.chest.2017.01.021

ISSN

0012-3692

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