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Alternative approaches for the treatment of airway diseases: focus on nanoparticle medicine
Author(s) -
Ratemi E.,
Sultana Shaik A.,
Al Faraj A.,
Halwani R.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/cea.12771
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , intensive care medicine , population , disease , immunology , environmental health
Summary Despite the various treatment options and international guidelines currently available for the appropriate therapeutic management of asthma, a large population of patients with asthma continues to have poorly controlled disease. There is therefore a need for novel approaches to achieve better asthma control, especially for severe asthmatics. This review discusses the use of nanoparticles for the specific targeting of inflammatory pathways as a promising approach for the effective control of severe persistent asthma as well as other chronic inflammatory diseases.