DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, Inhaltsverzeichnis Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2008; 133(14): 737-738DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1067319 Kommentar | CommentaryPneumologie© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkEignet sich die Thermoplastie zur bronchoskopischen Asthmatherapie?Is bronchial thermoplasty suitable for the treatment of asthma?F. J. F. Herth1 1Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Artikel empfehlen Abstract Artikel einzeln kaufen(opens in new window) Schlüsselwörter bronchiale Thermoplastie - Asthma bronchiale - bronchoskopische Therapie Key words bronchial thermoplasty - asthma - bronchoscopy Volltext Referenzen Literatur 1 Bonacci J V, Schuliga M, Harris T, Stewart A G. Collagen impairs glucocorticoid actions in airway smooth muscle through integrin signalling. Br J Pharmacol. 2006; 149 365-73 2 Cox G, Miller J D, McWilliams A, Fitzgerald J M, Lam S. Bronchial thermoplasty for asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006; 173 (9) 965-9 3 Cox G, Thomson N C, Sperb-Rubin A. et al . Asthma control during the year after bronchial thermoplasty. N Engl J Med. 2007; 356 1327-37 4 Cox P G, Miller J, Mitzner W, Leff A R. Radiofrequency ablation of airway smooth muscle for sustained treatment of asthma: preliminary investigations. Eur Respir J. 2004; 24 659-63 5 Doherty D E. The pathophysiology of airway dysfunction. Am J Med. 2004; 117: S12 11-23 6 Global Initiative for Asthma .Global strategy for asthma management and prevention: NHLBI/WHO workshop report. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Bethesda, MD 2006 (Accessed April 30, 2007, at www.ginasthma.org.) 7 Grunstein M M, Hakonarson H, Leiter J. et al . IL-13-dependent autocrine signaling mediates altered responsiveness of IgE sensitized airway smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2002; 282 520-528 8 Holgate S T. Lessons learnt from the epidemic of asthma. QJM. 2004; 97 (5) 247-57 9 Ma X, Cheng Z, Kong H. et al . Changes in biophysical and biochemical properties of single bronchial smooth muscle cells from asthmatic subjects. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2002; 283 1181-1189 10 Miller J D, Cox G, Vincic L, Lombard C M, Loomas B E, Danek C J. A prospective feasibility study of bronchial thermoplasty in the human airway. Chest. 2005; 127 1999-2006 11 Nowack D, Suppli U C, Mutius E. Asthma and atopy: has peak prevalence been reached?. Eur Respir J. 2004; 23 359-360 12 Panettieri R A Jr. Airway smooth muscle: immunomodulatory cells?. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2004; 25 381-6 13 Shore S A, Laporte J, Hall I P, Hardy E, Panettieri R A Jr. Effect of IL-1 beta on responses of cultured human airway smooth muscle cells to bronchodilator agonists. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1997; 16 702-12 14 Woodruff P G, Dolganov G M, Ferrando R E. et al . Hyperplasia of smooth muscle in mild to moderate asthma without changes in cell size or gene expression. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004; 169 1001-6 Prof. Dr. med. Felix J. F. Herth; FCCP Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Amalienstr. 5 69126 Heidelberg Telefon: 06221/396-1200 Fax: 06221/396-1202 eMail: Felix.Herth@thoraxklinik-heidelberg.de URL: http://www.thoraxklinik-heidelberg.de