International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma

…, JL Brozek, A Bush, M Castro, PJ Sterk… - European respiratory …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Severe or therapy-resistant asthma is increasingly recognised as a major unmet need. A
Task Force, supported by the European Respiratory Society and American Thoracic Society, …

Effects of an interleukin-5 blocking monoclonal antibody on eosinophils, airway hyper-responsiveness, and the late asthmatic response

…, R Djukanovic, TT Hansel, ST Holgate, PJ Sterk… - The Lancet, 2000 - thelancet.com
Background Interleukin-5 (IL-5) is essential for the formation of eosinophils, which are thought
to have a major role in the pathogenesis of asthma and other allergic diseases. We aimed …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: asthma control and exacerbations: standardizing endpoints for clinical asthma trials …

…, ID Pavord, MR Sears, PJ Sterk… - American journal of …, 2009 - atsjournals.org
Background: The assessment of asthma control is pivotal to the evaluation of treatment
response in individuals and in clinical trials. Previously, asthma control, severity, and …

Standardized challenge testing with pharmacological, physical and sensitizing stimuli in adults

PJ Sterk, LM Fabbri, PH Quanjer… - European …, 1993 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, also called chronic airflow limitation
(CAL)) are the most frequent diagnoses in patients with intrathoracic airways ob truction […

Clinical control and histopathologic outcome of asthma when using airway hyperresponsiveness as an additional guide to long-term treatment

…, JANP VANDENBROUCKE, PJ STERK… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
According to international guidelines, the level and adjustment of antiinflammatory treatment
for asthma are based solely on symptoms and lung function. We investigated whether a …

Nitric oxide in health and disease of the respiratory system

FLM Ricciardolo, PJ Sterk, B Gaston… - Physiological …, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
During the past decade a plethora of studies have unravelled the multiple roles of nitric oxide
(NO) in airway physiology and pathophysiology. In the respiratory tract, NO is produced by …

Clinical and inflammatory characteristics of the European U-BIOPRED adult severe asthma cohort

…, AH Wagener, R Djukanovic, PJ Sterk… - European …, 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
U-BIOPRED is a European Union consortium of 20 academic institutions, 11 pharmaceutical
companies and six patient organisations with the objective of improving the understanding …

A European Respiratory Society technical standard: exhaled biomarkers in lung disease

…, PJ Barnes, S Loukides, PJ Sterk… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Breath tests cover the fraction of nitric oxide in expired gas (F ENO ), volatile organic compounds
(VOCs), variables in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and other measurements. For …

An electronic nose in the discrimination of patients with asthma and controls

…, NP Willard, TJ Vink, KF Rabe, EH Bel, PJ Sterk - Journal of allergy and …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Exhaled breath contains thousands of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
that could serve as biomarkers of lung disease. Electronic noses can distinguish VOC …

An electronic nose in the discrimination of patients with non-small cell lung cancer and COPD

…, A Spanevello, P Carratú, O Resta, KF Rabe, PJ Sterk - Lung cancer, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Exhaled breath contains thousands of gaseous volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) that may be used as non-invasive markers of lung disease. The electronic nose …