Observational analysis explores mucus plugging in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, highlighting potential links to the airway microbiome.
Despite clinical implications, the pathogenesis of mucus plugging in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) remains unclear. We hypothesized that distinct airway microbiomes might affect mucus plugging differently among ACO, asthma, and COPD and among different extents of airway eosinophilic inflammation.
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