To inform the recommendation, the panel members requested two systematic reviews, on the following questions:

© 2016 Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by respiratory symptoms, airway inflammation, airway obstruction and airway hyper-responsiveness. Asthma is common and directly affects 10% of Australians, 1¿5% of adults in Asia and 300 million people worldwide. It is a heterogeneous disorder with many clinical, molecular, biological and pathophysiological phenotypes. Current management strategies successfully treat the majority of patients with asthma who have access to them. However, there is a subset of an estimated 5¿10% of patients with asthma who have severe disease and are disproportionately impacted by symptoms, exacerbations and overall illness burden. The care required for this relatively small proportion of patients is also significant and has a major impact on the healthcare system. A number of new therapies that hold promise for severe asthma are currently in clinical trials or are entering the Australian and international market. However, recognition of severe asthma in clinical practice is variable, and there is little consensus on the best models of care or how to integrate emerging and often costly therapies into current practice. In this article, we report on roundtable discussions held with severe asthma experts from around Australia, and make recommendations about approaches for better patient diagnosis and assessment. We assess current models of care for patient management and discuss how approaches may be optimized to improve patient outcomes. Finally, we propose mechanisms to assess new therapies and how to best integrate these approaches into future treatment.

BACKGROUND: Sustained oral corticosteroid use can lead to complications, so there is interest in identifying agents that can reduce oral steroid use in people with asthma. Methotr… [more]

PMNs (5.0 × 106 cells/ml) that were previously treated with DMSO or 200 nM ONX 0914 for 1 h at 37 °C were activated or not with 140 nM PMA for 30 min at 37 °C, respectively. After stimulation, the cells were incubated with 50 μM DHR for 30 min, washed once, and resuspended in HBSS. The fluorescence of gated neutrophils was detected in FL1 using the BD AccuriTM C6 flow cytometer.

© 2015 Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. Background and objective Neutrophilic inflammation has been implicated in non-eosinophilic asthma (NEA) in adults, but little is known… [more]

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Among regions, North America held a dominant position in the global Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) market in 2017. This is attributed to development of innovative products by manufacturers in the region. For instance, in January 2018, Eagle Biosciences, Inc. introduced a novel intact FGF23 ELISA kit assay, which is a 96 well Sandwich ELISA assay. It measures the full length active form of Human Intact FGF23 used for the detection of mineral bone disorder, chronic kidney disease, tumor induced osteomalacia, and hyperphosphatemia.

Shah, A. et al. Thioredoxin-interacting protein mediates high glucose-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation by mitochondria and the NADPH oxidase, Nox4, in mesangial cells. J. Biol. Chem. 288, 6835–6848 (2013).

© 2017 by the American Thoracic Society. Rationale: Severe, steroid-resistant asthma is the major unmet need in asthma therapy. Disease heterogeneity and poor understanding of pathogenic mechanisms hampers the identification of therapeutic targets. Excessive nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family, pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome and concomitant IL-1ß responses occur in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory infections, and neutrophilic asthma. However, the direct contributions to pathogenesis, mechanisms involved, and potential for therapeutic targeting remain poorly understood, and are unknown in severe, steroid-resistant asthma. Objectives: To investigate the roles and therapeutic targeting of the NLRP3 inflammasome and IL-1ß in severe, steroid-resistant asthma. Methods: We developed mouse models of Chlamydia and Haemophilus respiratory infection-mediated, ovalbumin-induced severe, steroid-resistant allergic airway disease. These models share the hallmark features of human disease, including elevated airway neutrophils, and NLRP3 inflammasome and IL-1ß responses. The roles and potential for targeting of NLRP3 inflammasome, caspase-1, and IL-1ß responses in experimental severe, steroid-resistant asthma were examined using a highly selective NLRP3 inhibitor, MCC950; the specific caspase-1 inhibitor Ac-YVAD-cho; and neutralizing anti-IL-1ß antibody. Roles for IL-1ß-induced neutrophilic inflammation were examined using IL-1ß and anti-Ly6G. Measurements and Main Results: Chlamydia and Haemophilus infections increase NLRP3, caspase-1, IL-1ß responses that drive steroid-resistant neutrophilic inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness. Neutrophilic airway inflammation, disease severity, and steroid resistance in human asthma correlate with NLRP3 and IL-1ß expression. Treatment with anti-IL-1ß, Ac- YVAD-cho, and MCC950 suppressed IL-1ß responses and the important steroid-resistant features of disease in mice, whereas IL-1ß administration recapitulated these features. Neutrophil depletion suppressed IL-1ß-induced steroid-resistant airway hyperresponsiveness. Conclusions: NLRP3 inflammasome responses drive experimental severe, steroid-resistant asthma and are potential therapeutic targets in this disease.

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There was no difference in quality of life between men who undergo PSA screening and those who do not. But this comparison was available only in a subset of men from one of the trials (n=1088, more details through the MAGICapp within the main infographic).23

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