Asthma has become an epidemic affecting more than 155 million people in the world. Asthma is chronic disease characterized by exacerbations and progressive loss of lung function.
Research Intrest
Asthma, extracellular matrix
List of Publications
Asosingh K, Hanson JD, Cheng G, Aronica MA, Erzurum SC. Allergen-induced, eotaxin-rich, proangiogenic bone marrow progenitors: a blood-borne cellular envoy for lung eosinophilia. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Apr;125(4):918-25
Zhu L, Zhuo L, Kimata K, Yamaguchi E, Watanabe H, (2010) Deficiency of the SHAP-hyaluronan Complex Enhances Airway Hyperresponsiveness in a Murine Model of Asthma. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. May 18;153(3):223-233.