Eosinophils and tissue remodeling: relevance to airway disease
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Journal Article
Abstract
The ability of human tissue to reorganize and restore its existing structure underlies tissue homeostasis in the healthy airways, but in disease can persist without normal resolution, leading to an altered airway structure. Eosinophils play a cardinal role in airway remodeling both in health and disease, driving epithelial homeostasis and extracellular matrix turnover. Physiological consequences associated with eosinophil-driven remodeling include impaired lung function and reduced bronchodilator reversibility in asthma, and obstructed airflow in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). Given the contribution of airway remodeling to the development and persistence of symptoms in airways disease, targeting remodeling is an important therapeutic consideration. Indeed, there is early evidence that eosinophil attenuation may reduce remodeling and disease progression in asthma. This review provides an overview of tissue remodeling in both health and airway disease with a particular focus on eosinophilic asthma and CRSwNP, as well as the role of eosinophils in these processes and the implications for therapeutic interventions. Areas for future research are also noted, to help improve our understanding of the homeostatic and pathological roles of eosinophils in tissue remodeling, which should aid the development of targeted and effective treatments for eosinophilic diseases of the airways.
Date Issued
2023-10
Date Acceptance
2023-06-02
Citation
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2023, 152 (4), pp.841-857
ISSN
0091-6749
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
841
End Page
857
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume
152
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of
Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37343842
PII: S0091-6749(23)00800-X
Subjects
Airway remodeling
asthma
chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
eosinophil
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2023-06-19