The Link Between Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Induced Lower Respiratory Tract Infection and Type 2 Inflammation in Asthma

• Published in: Clinical pediatrics Vol. 64; no. 8; p. 1152
• Main Authors: Ye, Bei, Teng, Shu, Zhan, Lu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2025
• Subjects: Asthma - blood; Asthma - complications; Asthma - immunology; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Eosinophils; Female; Humans; Immunoglobulin E - blood; Infant; Inflammation - blood; Interleukin-13 - blood; Male; Mucin 5AC - blood; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - blood; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - complications; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - immunology; Respiratory Tract Infections - blood; Respiratory Tract Infections - complications; Respiratory Tract Infections - immunology; Respiratory Tract Infections - virology; type 2 asthma (T2 asthma); respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); IL-13; IgE; MUC5AC; eosinophils (EOS)

To investigate the relationship between the type 2 inflammatory response associated with asthma and lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Sixty-seven children with RSV infection hospitalized in our hospital from October 2023 to December 2023 and 27 hea...