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ReviewEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2024

Pathophysiology and genomics of bronchiectasis.

Lidia Perea, Rosa Faner, James D Chalmers, Oriol Sibila

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Review in European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Bronchiectasis in children: a systematic review of cytokine profile, immune cell phenotypes and microbiota in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  9. The importance of symptoms in bronchiectasis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lidia PereaInstitut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1624-0012
Rosa FanerInstitut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8159-0115
James D ChalmersDivision of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5514-7868
Oriol SibilaInstitut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain osibila@clinic.cat.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4833-6713

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bronchiectasis is a complex and heterogeneous inflammatory chronic respiratory disease with an unknown cause in around 30-40% of patients. The presence of airway infection together with chronic inflammation, airway mucociliary dysfunction and lung damage are key components of the vicious vortex model that better describes its pathophysiology. Although bronchiectasis research has significantly increased over the past years and different endotypes have been identified, there are still major gaps in the understanding of the pathophysiology. Genomic approaches may help to identify new endotypes, as has been shown in other chronic airway diseases, such as COPD.Different studies have started to work in this direction, and significant contributions to the understanding of the microbiome and proteome diversity have been made in bronchiectasis in recent years. However, the systematic application of omics approaches to identify new molecular insights into the pathophysiology of bronchiectasis (endotypes) is still limited compared with other respiratory diseases.Given the complexity and diversity of these technologies, this review describes the key components of the pathophysiology of bronchiectasis and how genomics can be applied to increase our knowledge, including the study of new techniques such as proteomics, metabolomics and epigenomics. Furthermore, we propose that the novel concept of trained innate immunity, which is driven by microbiome exposures leading to epigenetic modifications, can complement our current understanding of the vicious vortex. Finally, we discuss the challenges, opportunities and implications of genomics application in clinical practice for better patient stratification into new therapies.

Indexed as

BronchiectasisGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenomicsLungAnimalsEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmunity, InnateMetabolomicsMicrobiotaPhenotypePrognosisProteomicsRisk Factors

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PMID38960613
PMCPMC11220622

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