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  • Immunology
  • Pulmonology
  • Cell Biology

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  • Eosinophils are key players in chronic airway diseases.
  • Systemic eosinophilia is a biomarker, but eosinophils show significant heterogeneity.
  • Understanding this heterogeneity is crucial for disease management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review eosinophil heterogeneity in airway diseases.
  • To evaluate surface marker approaches (e.g., CD62L).
  • To highlight insights from transcriptomic and proteomic profiling.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and synthesis.
  • Critical evaluation of surface marker-based subtyping.
  • Analysis of transcriptomic and proteomic data.

Main Results:

  • CD62L-based eosinophil subtyping has limitations in humans.
  • Peripheral blood eosinophils are generally quiescent.
  • Functional specialization is acquired in inflamed tissues.
  • Eosinophil heterogeneity represents a continuum of activation.

Conclusions:

  • A refined understanding of eosinophil heterogeneity is needed.
  • Integrative approaches are critical for patient stratification.
  • Optimizing precision medicine for chronic airway diseases requires this understanding.