Impact of former smoking exposure on airway eosinophilic activation and autoimmunity in patients with severe asthma.
Ditte K KleinAlexander SilberbrandtLaurits FrøssingMorten HvidtfeldtAnna von BülowParameswaran NairManali MukherjeeCeleste PorsbjergPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2022)
In patients with severe asthma, a former smoking history is associated with eosinophilic airway inflammation and activation and relative insensitivity to steroids, as well as airway autoimmunity.
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