Childhood asthma is evident in the blood
Specific immune cells are less abundant in children with allergic asthma than in healthy individuals.
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Specific immune cells are less abundant in children with allergic asthma than in healthy individuals.
Researchers of DZL analyzed lung collagen degradation and found a way to predict the course of an antibody therapy with omalizumab.
COVID-19 disease severity is determined by the individual patient’s immune response. The precise mechanisms taking place inside the lungs and blood during the early phase of the disease remain unclear.
Dr. Gabriele Schramm, a scientist at the DZL site ARCN, has discovered that basophilic granulocytes are important for rapid and efficient recovery after a heart attack.
The DZL scientist Prof. Thomas Bahmer from Kiel received this year’s Clinical Research Award of the German Respiratory Society (DGP).
Prof. Dr. Klaus Rabe and Prof. Dr. Tobias Welte received the ‚Ehrenpreis‘ of the Society for Pediatric Pneumology (GPP) for the year 2020 which was awarded for the first time.
Children growing up on a farm have a lower risk of developing asthma than children not living on a farm. A group of researchers clarified how the children’s gut microbiome is involved in the protection...
DZL scientists published results on asthma diagnosis through breath analysis in the European Respiratory Journal. The results were disappointing, but the conclusions are important.
MicroRNAs, also called miRNAs or miR, play an important role in cell communication and affect gene activity in various ways.
Studying the lung microbiome requires a specialist approach to sampling, laboratory techniques and statistical analysis.
DZL PhD student Lars Lunding received two awards at the 55th Annual Congress of the German Respiratory Society.
DZL researchers have found that polymorphisms in a chloride channel gene are associated with asthma, pointing the way towards new therpeutic options.
