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Asthma: Towards a Cure

Guest Editor:

Reynold A. Panettieri: Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine & Science, United States

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 31 May 2025


Respiratory Research is calling for submissions to our collection on Asthma: Towards a Cure. The collection seeks manuscripts that address cutting-edge science addressing the unmet need to manage and cure asthma. Such manuscripts could include novel biomarkers that predict therapeutic responses to novel or current therapy. 

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About the collection

Respiratory Research is calling for submissions to our collection on Asthma: Towards a Cure. The collection seeks manuscripts that address cutting-edge science addressing the unmet need to manage and cure asthma. Such manuscripts could include novel biomarkers that predict therapeutic responses to novel or current therapy. Fundamental, translational, and clinical studies are encouraged that can promote the dissemination and implementation of novel approaches to change clinical practice and policy.

  1. Rhinovirus infections commonly evoke asthma exacerbations in children and adults. Recurrent asthma exacerbations are associated with injury-repair responses in the airways that collectively contribute to airwa...

    Authors: Cassandra Spector, Camden M. De Sanctis, Reynold A. Panettieri Jr. and Cynthia J. Koziol-White
    Citation: Respiratory Research 2023 24:238
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. Asthma is a common, chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that affects millions of people worldwide and is associated with significant healthcare costs. Eosinophils, a type of immune cell, play a critica...

    Authors: Kunlu Shen, Mengyuan Zhang, Ruiheng Zhao, Yun Li, Chunxiao Li, Xin Hou, Bingqing Sun, Bowen Liu, Min Xiang and Jiangtao Lin
    Citation: Respiratory Research 2023 24:231
    Content type: Review Published on:

  3. Accumulating clinical evidence links Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) with worse outcomes of asthma, but impact on airway function remains sparsely studied. We tested effects of Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia (CIH)...

    Authors: Mihaela Teodorescu, Ruolin Song, Jacqueline A. Brinkman and Ronald L. Sorkness
    Citation: Respiratory Research 2023 24:189
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  4. It has previously been shown that the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-derived molecule vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) could be suitable for the treatment of allergic airway disease. The therapeutic activity of th...

    Authors: Jonas Raspe, Mona S. Schmitz, Kimberly Barbet, Georgia C. Caso, Timothy L. Cover, Anne Müller, Christian Taube and Sebastian Reuter
    Citation: Respiratory Research 2023 24:178
    Content type: Research Published on:

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of Research Articles, Data Notes, Case Reports, Study Protocols, and Database Articles. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Asthma: Towards a Cure" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editor has no competing interests with the submissions which he will handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editor has competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.