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- Epidemiology and Risk Factors
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1. The changing prevalence of asthma
- Dr. Deborah Jarvis
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2. Recent advances in asthma genetics
- Prof. Miriam Moffatt
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3. Asthma: an epidemic caused by epigenetics?
- Prof. David Schwartz
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4. Role of the microbiota in asthma
- Prof. B. Brett Finlay
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5. Diet and asthma
- Prof. Lewis Smith
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6. Obesity and asthma
- Prof. Anne Dixon
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7. Occupational asthma: management beyond the textbooks
- Prof. Paul Cullinan
- Clinical Phenotypes
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8. The origins of asthma
- Prof. Peter Sly
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9. Pre-school wheeze
- Prof. Andrew Bush
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11. Smoking asthmatics
- Prof. Neil Thomson
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12. Aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease
- Prof. Chris Corrigan
- Mechanisms of Asthma
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13. Advances in asthma: airway inflammation
- Prof. William Busse
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14. The role of mast cells in asthma
- Prof. Peter Bradding
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15. Dendritic cells in asthma
- Prof. Bart Lambrecht
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16. The airway smooth muscle in asthma
- Prof. Judith Black
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17. Role of virus infection in asthma 1
- Prof. Sebastian Johnston
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18. Role of virus infection in asthma 2
- Prof. Sebastian Johnston
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19. Severe asthma: characterisation, mechanisms & treatment
- Prof. Fan Chung
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20. Steroid resistance in asthma: mechanisms and potential therapies
- Prof. Ian Adcock
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21. Macrophage in asthma
- Prof. Douglas Robinson
- Diagnosis of Asthma
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22. Physiology of asthma and involvement of small airways
- Prof. Charles G. Irvin
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23. Induced sputum in asthma
- Prof. Antonio Spanevello
- Therapy and Management
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25. Pulmonary drug delivery
- Prof. Anthony J. Hickey
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26. The management of chronic asthma
- Prof. Mark Fitzgerald
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27. Inhaled corticosteroids and beta2-agonists
- Dr. Omar S. Usmani
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28. Management of "difficult asthma"
- Prof. Elisabeth Bel
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29. Management of acute exacerbations of asthma
- Dr. Chris Fanta
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30. Non-pharmacological treatments for asthma
- Prof. Neil Thomson
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31. Asthma: beyond the prescription
- Prof. Martyn Partridge
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32. New drugs for asthma
- Prof. Peter Barnes
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33. Anti-IgE therapy for asthma
- Dr. Andrew Menzies-Gow
- Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
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34. New drugs for asthma
- Prof. Peter Barnes
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35. Asthma phenotypes in children
- Prof. Andrew Bush
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36. Steroid resistance in asthma: mechanisms and potential therapies
- Prof. Ian Adcock
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37. Severe asthma in children
- Prof. Andrew Bush
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- Introduction
- Outline
- What is asthma?
- What is asthma? (2)
- What is asthma? (3)
- What is asthma? (4)
- Asthma as a developmental disease
- Asthma as a developmental disease (2)
- Respiratory system - embryonic development
- Normal lung development
- In utero influences on lung function at birth
- Adverse in utero exposures
- Increased collagen deposition in airways
- Altered lung function
- In utero exposures
- In utero exposures (2)
- Ambient air pollution: somatic growth
- Ambient air pollution: decrease in lung function
- Normal immune development
- Normal immune development (2)
- Normal immune development (3)
- Normal immune development (4)
- Naive T-cell immunological memory development
- Adverse in utero exposures (2)
- Delayed IU immune development
- Delayed postnatal immune maturation
- Birth cohort study
- Developmental stage susceptibility
- Developmental stage susceptibility (2)
- Early life origins of asthma
- Early life origins of asthma (2)
- Early life origins of asthma (3)
- Tucson children's respiratory study
- Raine study
- Raine study (2)
- Raine study (3)
- Atopy and wLRI interaction
- Childhood asthma study
- Childhood asthma study (2)
- Childhood asthma study (3)
- Persistent asthma development scheme
- Persistent asthma
- 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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Talk Citation
Sly, P. (2011, December 29). The origins of asthma [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 19, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/NCFP5205.Export Citation (RIS)
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.