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Donna E. Davies

Researcher at University of Southampton

Publications -  265
Citations -  19127

Donna E. Davies is an academic researcher from University of Southampton. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asthma & Epidermal growth factor. The author has an hindex of 67, co-authored 253 publications receiving 17322 citations. Previous affiliations of Donna E. Davies include National Oceanography Centre, Southampton & École normale supérieure de Lyon.

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Asthma: the importance of epithelial mesenchymal communication in pathogenesis. Inflammation and the airway epithelium in asthma.

TL;DR: In this paper, an alternative hypothesis is put forward in which atopy/airway inflammation and altered structure and function of the formed airway elements are parallel but interacting factors, for asthma to develop as a chronic disease, genetic and environmental factors that drive each of these components are required.
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Role of tumor necrosis factor alpha in asthma

TL;DR: The role of T NF-alpha in asthma and the effects of blocking TNF-alpha as a possible therapeutic option in patients with severe corticosteroid-dependent asthma are examined.
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The role of MAP kinases in intracellular signal transduction in bronchial epithelium.

TL;DR: The bronchial epithelium is exposed to numerous environmental stimuli which can activate intracellular signalling cascades, leading to altered gene expression and to a wide range of responses e.g. cytokine expression, proliferation and apoptosis, likely to be central to the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family of protein kinases.
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Leukocyte recruitment after local endobronchial allergen challenge in asthma. Relationship to procedure and to airway interleukin-8 release.

TL;DR: Neutrophil infiltration is a nonspecific response to the procedure of bronchoscopy and lavage, in contrast to eosinophil recruitment, which is an allergen-specific phenomenon, and it suggests that IL-8 release may be involved in neutrophil recruitment.