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1. Introduction
2. Outline
3. What is asthma?
4. What is asthma? (2)
5. What is asthma? (3)
6. What is asthma? (4)
7. Asthma as a developmental disease
8. Asthma as a developmental disease (2)
9. Respiratory system - embryonic development
10. Normal lung development
11. In utero influences on lung function at birth
12. Adverse in utero exposures
13. Increased collagen deposition in airways
14. Altered lung function
15. In utero exposures
16. In utero exposures (2)
17. Ambient air pollution: somatic growth
18. Ambient air pollution: decrease in lung function
19. Normal immune development
20. Normal immune development (2)
21. Normal immune development (3)
22. Normal immune development (4)
23. Naive T-cell immunological memory development
24. Adverse in utero exposures (2)
25. Delayed IU immune development
26. Delayed postnatal immune maturation
27. Birth cohort study
28. Developmental stage susceptibility
29. Developmental stage susceptibility (2)
30. Early life origins of asthma
31. Early life origins of asthma (2)
32. Early life origins of asthma (3)
33. Tucson children's respiratory study
34. Raine study
35. Raine study (2)
36. Raine study (3)
37. Atopy and wLRI interaction
38. Childhood asthma study
39. Childhood asthma study (2)
40. Childhood asthma study (3)
41. Persistent asthma development scheme
42. Persistent asthma
43. Summary

Topics Covered

• Asthma is a multifactorial condition
• Asthma as a "Syndrome"
• Causes of asthma: genetic and environmental
• Development of asthma
• Growth of respiratory system
• Maturation of the immune system
• Prenatal exposures which cause asthma
• Asthma risk factors
• Considering atopy when assessing asthma risk

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Series:

• Advances in Asthma

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Immunology

Therapeutic Areas:

• Immunology & Inflammation
• Respiratory Diseases

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Publication History

• Published on December 29, 2011

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Peter Sly has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.