Gamma tocopherol effect on LPS-induced sputum neutrophilia is not modified by BMI or GSTM1 genotype

Sood AK, Burbank AJ, Duran CG, Enders K, Zhou H, Peden DB, Hernandez ML

Abstract

In an era of personalized and precision medicine, efficacy data of therapeutic agents targeting airway inflammation are increasingly taking into account effect modifiers to optimize treatment strategies. Neutrophilic airway inflammation is often less responsive to corticosteroid treatment,1 and there is a great unmet need for nonsteroidal therapies to target this specific type of inflammation. Obesity is a well-known risk factor for specific asthma phenotypes and negatively affects asthma severity and control, partially as a result of increased airway neutrophilic inflammation.

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