MOLECULAR AND PHARMACOGENETIC MECHANISMS OF SEVERE ASTHMA

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This review summarizes the results of studies to identify the dominant mechanisms of development and persistence of inflammation in severe asthma and results of pharmacogenetic studies of determination response to drugs. These mechanisms could potentially be used for diagnostic purposes and become the new targets of asthma therapy. Pharmacogenetic information will enable the use of a personalized approach to the asthma management which will adjust the therapy technology and increase the possibility of achieving disease control.

 

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E. S. Kulikov

Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Author for correspondence.
Email: evgeny.s.kulikov@gmail.com

кандидат медицинских наук, ассистент кафедры общей врачебной практики с курсом поликлинической терапии ГБОУ ВПО СибГМУ Минздрава России
Адрес: 634050, Томск, Московский тракт, д. 2; тел.: (3822) 51-49-67

Russian Federation

L. M. Ogorodnova

Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Email: lm-ogorodova@mail.ru

доктор медицинских наук, профессор, член-корреспондент РАМН, заведующая кафедрой факультетской педиатрии с курсом детских болезней лечебного факультета ГБОУ ВПО СибГМУ Минздрава России
Адрес: 634050, Томск, Московский тракт, д. 2; тел.: (3822) 51-49-67

Russian Federation

M. B. Freidin

Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Email: mfreidin@medgenetics.ru

кандидат биологических наук, старший научный сотрудник лаборатории популяционной генетики ФГБУ «НИИ медицинской генетики» СО РАМН
Адрес: 634050, Томск, ул. Набережная р. Ушайки, д. 10; тел.: (3822) 42-09-56

Russian Federation

I. A. Deev

Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Email: ivandeyev@yandex.ru
доктор медицинских наук, профессор кафедры факультетской педиатрии с курсом детских болезней лечебного факультета ГБОУ ВПО СибГМУ Минздрава России
Адрес: 634050, Томск, Московский тракт, д. 2; тел.: (3822) 51-49-67 Russian Federation

P. A. Selivanova

Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Email: p.selivanova@mail.ru
кандидат медицинских наук, ассистент кафедры госпитальной терапии с курсом физической реабилитации и спортивной медицины ГБОУ ВПО СибГМУ Минздрава России
Адрес: 634050, Томск, Московский тракт, д. 2; тел.: (3822) 51-49-67 Russian Federation

S. V. Fedosenko

Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Email: s-fedosenko@mail.ru
кандидат медицинских наук, ассистент кафедры госпитальной терапии с курсом физической реабилитации и спортивной медицины ГБОУ ВПО СибГМУ Минздрава России
Адрес: 634050, Томск, Московский тракт, д. 2; тел.: (3822) 51-49-67 Russian Federation

N. A. Kirillova

Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Email: kirillova.natalya@gmail.com

кандидат медицинских наук, ассистент кафедры общей врачебной практики с курсом поликлинической терапии ГБОУ ВПО СибГМУ Минздрава России
Адрес: 634050, Томск, Московский тракт, д. 2; тел.: (3822) 51-49-67

Russian Federation

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