Confronting allergies: strategies for combating pollution and safeguarding our health by Santanu Pattanayak, Suman Kalyan Dinda, Shreyasee Hazra, Rittwicka Mukhopadhyay, Samvabi Samanta, Shramalina Dey, Dipak Manna

“…Recent findings indicate a strong correlation between environmental pollutants and allergic reactions, with air pollution from vehicular emissions and industrial activities exacerbating respiratory allergies like asthma and allergic rhinitis. Additionally, indoor pollutants such as mold and volatile organic compounds are significant triggers of allergic responses, especially among vulnerable populations. …”
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Allergic Responses Induced by a Fungal Biopesticide Metarhizium anisopliae and House Dust Mite Are Compared in a Mouse Model by Marsha D. W. Ward, Yong Joo Chung, Lisa B. Copeland, Donald L. Doerfler

“…However, research regarding allergenicity and asthma development is limited. We compared the ability of fungal biopesticide Metarhizium anisopliae (MACA) and house dust mite (HDM) extracts to induce allergic responses in BALB/c mice. …”
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Risk factors for all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the pre-pandemic period in an adult population of Arkhangelsk, Russia by Ekaterina Krieger, Alexander V. Kudryavtsev, Ekaterina Sharashova, Olga Samodova, Vitaly A. Postoev

“…In women, higher risk during the pandemic was associated with obesity, angina, elevated cystatin C levels, and a history of COVID-19. In men, asthma and elevated hs-Troponin T levels increased the risk of death during the pandemic, while elevated hs-CRP and NT-proBNP levels were associated with higher risk in both periods. …”
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MHC class II of different non-professional antigen-presenting cells mediate multiple effects of crosstalk with CD4+T cells in lung diseases by Ming-Yan Wang, Yu Qiao, Shan-Jie Wei, Zhao-Liang Su, Zhao-Liang Su, Hong-Yan Lu

“…Here, we summarize the existing research on the expression of MHC II on non-professional APCs in different lung diseases and its influence on CD4+T differentiation types and disease outcomes, in order to further clarify the role of MHC II of different non-professional APCs in lung diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), etc.…”
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Topical Steroid Withdrawal in Atopic Dermatitis: Patient-reported Characterization from a Swedish Social Media Questionnaire by Mikael Alsterholm, Maja af Klinteberg, Sophie Vrang, Gunnthorunn Sigurdardottir, MariHelen Sandström Falk, Alexander Shayesteh

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E-cigarettes are not associated with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome among US adults by Shahryar Rajai Firouzabadi, Ida Mohammadi, Mohammadreza Alinejadfard, Arman Shafiee

“…The results showed that female gender, obesity, current smoking, and a history of depression, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were significantly associated with higher odds of PCS. …”
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Plastic Bronchitis in Children: A Review of 55 Cases over a 10-Year Period by Xiaowen Chen, Shangzhi Wu, Zhanhang Huang, Yuneng Lin, Jiaxing Xu, Qingyun Xu, Dehui Chen

“…Nineteen cases had underlying diseases, among which asthma was the most common. The median course of the disease before admission was 11 days. …”
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FABIO: TWAS fine-mapping to prioritize causal genes for binary traits. by Haihan Zhang, Kevin He, Zheng Li, Lam C Tsoi, Xiang Zhou

“…Leveraging its improved power, FABIO successfully prioritized multiple potentially causal genes associated with the diseases, including GATA3 for asthma, ABCG2 for gout, and SH2B3 for hypertension. …”
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BACH2 in TRegs Limits the Number of Adipose Tissue Regulatory T Cells and Restrains Type 2 Immunity to Fungal Allergens by Amanda Contreras, Darin L. Wiesner, Brock Kingstad-Bakke, Woojong Lee, John P. Svaren, Bruce S. Klein, M. Suresh

“…Results presented in this manuscript implicate dysregulated Tregs in the pathogenesis of airway hypersensitivities, asthma, and other allergic disorders.…”
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Antiasthmatic Medicinal Plants of Tanzania: An Ethnomedicinal and Ethnopharmacological Review by David Sylvester Kacholi

“…This review, a comprehensive compilation of ethnobotanical research evidence, aimed to provide a thorough understanding of TMPs used by the locals for asthma management and identify species that have already been investigated in preclinical studies. …”
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Nanocrystal Agglomerates of Curcumin Prepared by Electrospray Drying as an Excipient-Free Dry Powder for Inhalation by Shahram Emami, Zahra Hemmati, Shadi Yaqoubi, Hamed Hamishehkar, Amin Alvani

“…Curcumin has shown beneficial effects on pulmonary diseases with chronic inflammation or abnormal inflammatory responses, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and pulmonary fibrosis. Clinical applications of curcumin are limited due to its chemical instability in solution, low water solubility, poor oral bioavailability, and intestinal and liver first-pass metabolism. …”
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Complementary feeding and the early origins of obesity risk: a study protocol by Daniel D Reidpath, Ireneous N Soyiri, Naleena Devi Muniandy, Pascale A Allotey

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A novel murine model of late-phase reaction of immediate hypersensitivity by S. Facincone, A. L. Pereira De Siqueira, S. Jancar, M. Russo, J. A. Marzagão Barbuto, M. Mariano

“…The advantages of this model for the experimental study of late-phase reaction per se and its relevance to the study of allergic diseases such as asthma are discussed.…”
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Evaluation of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio in Covid-19 Patients Treated with Tocilizumab Due to Cytokine Storm by Serkan Yavuz, Cengiz Burnik, Mehmet Mermer, Faysal Duksal

“…Materials and Methods: In this retrospective, cross-sectional study conducted in between March and December 2020, adult patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were analyzed Results; The mean age of 519 patients included in the study was 61.6 ± 17.0 years, with male predominance (64.7%). 70.7% of patients had at least one type of comorbidity and the most common comorbid conditions were chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (45.9%) and asthma (28.7%). 399 patients who were given TCZ (group 1) and 120 patients who were not given TCZ (group 2) were evaluated. …”
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Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Renal Pathology in a Child with Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome by Roberto Gordillo, Marcela Del Rio, David B. Thomas, Joseph T. Flynn, Robert P. Woroniecki

“…A 15-year-old male of Puerto Rico ancestry with history of HPS, hypertension (HTN), asthma, obesity, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage II presented with new-onset proteinuria without edema. …”
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12,13-diHOME Promotes Inflammatory Macrophages and Epigenetically Modifies Their Capacity to Respond to Microbes and Allergens by Din L. Lin, Kevin M. Magnaye, Cara E. Porsche, Sophia R. Levan, Elze Rackaityte, Mustafa Özçam, Susan V. Lynch

“…Elevated infant fecal concentrations of the bacterial-derived lipid 12,13-dihydroxy-9Z-octadecenoic acid (12,13-diHOME) increase the risk for childhood atopy and asthma. However, the mechanisms by which this lipid contributes to disease development are largely unknown. …”
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Single-Use Flexible Bronchoscope in Facilitating Endobronchial Valve Treatment in Severe Emphysema by Sakaguchi T, Slebos DJ

“…Tadashi Sakaguchi,1,2 Dirk-Jan Slebos2,3 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Matsusaka Municipal Hospital, Matsusaka, Mie, Japan; 2Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; 3Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the NetherlandsCorrespondence: Tadashi Sakaguchi, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Matsusaka Municipal Hospital, 1550, Tonomachi, Matsusaka, Mie, 515-0073, Japan, Tel +81 598 23 1515, Email iwbd0524@yahoo.co.jpAbstract: Ensuring proper placement of one-way endobronchial valves is a vital step in achieving successful bronchoscopic lung volume reduction. …”
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Understanding excess mortality during COVID in Belgium: the influence of pre-existing health status and social factors by Laura Van den Borre, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Sylvie Gadeyne, Katrien Vanthomme, Didier Willaert

“…For persons with cancer and asthma or COPD, significant mortality deficits of 10% and  3% were observed in 2020 and 2021, respectively. …”
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The prevalence and evidence-based management of needle fear in adults with chronic disease: A scoping review. by Emily Duncanson, Richard K Le Leu, Lisa Shanahan, Luke Macauley, Paul N Bennett, Rick Weichula, Stephen McDonald, Anne L J Burke, Kathryn L Collins, Anna Chur-Hansen, Shilpanjali Jesudason

“…The following chronic diseases were included: arthritis, asthma, chronic back pain, cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, and mental illness, or kidney failure. …”
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Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: Key considerations in the multidisciplinary team approach by Oliver Pfaar, Anju T. Peters, Camille Taillé, Thijs Teeling, Jared Silver, Robert Chan, Peter W. Hellings

“…Multidisciplinary team (MDT) approaches have been shown to be effective in optimising the treatment and clinical management of other respiratory diseases, such as aspirin‐exacerbated respiratory disease and severe asthma. In CRSwNP, an MDT approach may reduce diagnostic delays, mitigate secondary disease burden, and reduce overprescription of corticosteroids and antibiotics. …”
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