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Published on: August 25, 2020
Advances in asthma, asthma-COPD overlap, and related biologics in 2018
Leonard B Bacharier1, Akio Mori2, Hirohito Kita3
1Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo.
Abstract:
Over the past year, numerous important advances in our understanding of multiple aspects of asthma, ranging from disease pathogenesis to epidemiology to therapeutics, have been reported. This review is a compilation of highlights from articles published largely in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and supplemented by articles published elsewhere that have substantially advanced the fields of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and asthma-COPD overlap and biologic therapies for these disorders. The intention of this article is not to provide a comprehensive review but rather to focus on several areas that have developed quickly and/or received extensive attention from our readers.
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Additionally, environmental and genetic factors play crucial roles in determining an individual's susceptibility to asthma and the severity of their condition.
Critical processes in asthma pathophysiology include:

