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- Title
Mouse models of severe asthma: Understanding the mechanisms of steroid resistance, tissue remodelling and disease exacerbation.
- Authors
Maltby, Steven; Tay, Hock L.; Yang, Ming; Foster, Paul S.
- Abstract
ABSTRACT Severe asthma has significant disease burden and results in high healthcare costs. While existing therapies are effective for the majority of asthma patients, treatments for individuals with severe asthma are often ineffective. Mouse models are useful to identify mechanisms underlying disease pathogenesis and for the preclinical assessment of new therapies. In fact, existing mouse models have contributed significantly to our understanding of allergic/eosinophilic phenotypes of asthma and facilitated the development of novel targeted therapies (e.g. anti- IL-5 and anti- IgE). These therapies are effective in relevant subsets of severe asthma patients. Unfortunately, non-allergic/non-eosinophilic asthma, steroid resistance and disease exacerbation remain areas of unmet clinical need. No mouse model encompasses all features of severe asthma. However, mouse models can provide insight into pathogenic pathways that are relevant to severe asthma. In this review, as examples, we highlight models relevant to understanding steroid resistance, chronic tissue remodelling and disease exacerbation. Although these models highlight the complexity of the immune pathways that may underlie severe asthma, they also provide insight into new potential therapeutic approaches.
- Subjects
ANIMAL models of asthma; DRUG resistance; STEROID drugs; TISSUE remodeling; DISEASE exacerbation; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Respirology, 2017, Vol 22, Issue 5, p874
- ISSN
1323-7799
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/resp.13052