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Topical therapy with negative allosteric modulators of the calcium-sensing receptor (calcilytics) for the management of asthma: the beginning of a new era?

Daniela RiccardiJeremy P T WardPolina L YarovaLuke J JanssenTak Hong LeeSun YingChris J Corrigan
Published in: The European respiratory journal (2022)
In this review article we present the evidence to date supporting the role of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) as a key, pluripotential molecular trigger for asthma and speculate on the likely benefits of topical therapy of asthma with negative allosteric modulators of the CaSR: calcilytics.
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