A Systematic Review of Statin Efficacy in Asthma

Untangling asthma phenotypes and endotypes

(2012) I. Agache et al.   ALLERGY

Treatment of COPD: moving beyond the lungs

(2012) M Gabriella Matera et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PHARMACOLOGY

Neurogenic inflammation in allergen-challenged obese mice: a missing link in the obesity-asthma association?

(2012) Renata Ramalho et al.   EXPERIMENTAL LUNG RESEARCH

Mechanisms for the anti-inflammatory effects of statins

(2011) De-xiu Bu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN LIPIDOLOGY

Human asthma phenotypes: from the clinic, to cytokines, and back again

(2011) Nirav R. Bhakta et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence

(2011) Howard Balshem et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction—GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables

(2011) Gordon Guyatt et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence—study limitations (risk of bias)

(2011) Gordon H. Guyatt et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Exhaled nitric oxide and exhaled breath condensate pH as predictors of sputum cell counts in optimally treated asthmatic smokers

(2011) GEORGIOS HILLAS et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Effects of short-term treatment with atorvastatin in smokers with asthma - a randomized controlled trial

(2011) Georgina Braganza et al.   BMC Pulmonary Medicine

The Mevalonate Cascade as a Target to Suppress Extracellular Matrix Synthesis by Human Airway Smooth Muscle

(2010) Dedmer Schaafsma et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Emerging Interface between Metabolic Syndrome and Asthma

(2010) Anurag Agrawal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Simvastatin Improves Epithelial Dysfunction and Airway Hyperresponsiveness

(2010) Tanveer Ahmad et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The effect of statin therapy on allergic patients with asthma

(2010) Marina Ostroukhova et al.   ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY

Statin use in patients with asthma - a nationwide population-based study

(2010) Chin-Chou Huang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Statins enhance the anti-inflammatory effects of inhaled corticosteroids in asthmatic patients through increased induction of indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase

(2010) Kittipong Maneechotesuwan et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

GRADE guidelines: 2. Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes

(2010) Gordon H. Guyatt et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

GRADE guidelines: A new series of articles in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

(2010) Gordon H. Guyatt et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

The many paths to asthma: phenotype shaped by innate and adaptive immunity

(2010) Hye Young Kim et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Simvastatin in the treatment of asthma: lack of steroid-sparing effect

(2010) D. C. Cowan et al.   THORAX

Simvastatin inhibits goblet cell hyperplasia and lung arginase in a mouse model of allergic asthma: a novel treatment for airway remodeling?

(2010) Amir A. Zeki et al.   Translational Research

The Effects of Current Therapies on Airway Remodeling in Asthma and New Possibilities for Treatment and Prevention

(2010) S. Royce et al.   Current Molecular Pharmacology

Simvastatin Inhibits Airway Hyperreactivity

(2009) Amir A. Zeki et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Simvastatin Decreases Lipopolysaccharide-induced Pulmonary Inflammation in Healthy Volunteers

(2009) Murali Shyamsundar et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Identification of Asthma Phenotypes Using Cluster Analysis in the Severe Asthma Research Program

(2009) Wendy C. Moore et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Immunomodulation by statins: mechanisms and potential impact on autoimmune diseases

(2009) Sek C. Chow   ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS

Fluvastatin and lovastatin inhibit granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor-stimulated human eosinophil adhesion to inter-cellular adhesion molecule-1 under flow conditions

(2009) A. J. Robinson et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Targeting the airway smooth muscle for asthma treatment

(2009) Blanca Camoretti-Mercado   Translational Research

Cluster Analysis and Clinical Asthma Phenotypes

(2008) Pranab Haldar et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Statins’ immunomodulatory potential against Th17 cell-mediated autoimmune response

(2008) Xin Zhang et al.   IMMUNOLOGIC RESEARCH

Endotyping asthma: new insights into key pathogenic mechanisms in a complex, heterogeneous disease

(2008) Gary P Anderson   LANCET

Statins for the treatment of asthma: a discovery well, dry hole or just snake oil

(2008) B. K Rubin   THORAX

Pravastatin attenuates allergic airway inflammation by suppressing antigen sensitisation, interleukin 17 production and antigen presentation in the lung

(2008) M Imamura et al.   THORAX

Effects of atorvastatin added to inhaled corticosteroids on lung function and sputum cell counts in atopic asthma

(2008) E J Hothersall et al.   THORAX

Defective apoptotic cell clearance in asthma and COPD – a new drug target for statins?

(2007) Garry M. Walsh   TRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES