Blood eosinophil count and airway epithelial transcriptome relationships in COPD versus asthma.
Leena GeorgeAdam R TaylorAnna Esteve-CodinaMaría Soler ArtigasGian Andri ThunStewart BatesStelios PavlidisScott WagersAnne BolandAntje PrassePiera BoschettoDavid G ParrAdam NowinskiImre BartaJens HohlfeldTimm GreulichMaarten van den BergePieter S HiemstraWim TimensTimothy HinksSally WenzelSalman SiddiquiMatthew RichardsonPer VengeSimon HeathIvo GutMartin D TobinLindsay EdwardsJohn H RileyRatko DjukanovicCharles AuffrayBertrand De-MeulderSven Erik-DahlenIan M AdcockKian Fan ChungLoems Ziegler-HeitbrockPeter J SterkDave SinghChristopher E Brightlingnull nullPublished in: Allergy (2019)
Despite shared "treatable traits" between asthma and COPD, the molecular mechanisms underlying these clinical entities are predominately different.