Peter J. Barnes

TL;DR: Exhaled nitric oxide measurement has definitely found its way into clinical research in paediatric respiratory medicine, and the merits of this new technique must now be demonstrated in larger studies, using standardised methodology in an appropriate setting.

TL;DR: In this paper, the eosinophilic inflammation in asthma is markedly suppressed by corticosteroids, but they have no appreciable effect on the inflammation in COPD, consistent with a failure of long-term corticostosteroids to alter the progression of COPD.

TL;DR: Understanding how corticosteroids work in patients with asthma may help in designing novel cortiosteroids with less systemic effects, as well as novel anti-inflammatory approaches, and help elucidate the molecular basis of chronic inflammation and why cortingosteroids are ineffective in Patients with steroid-resistant asthma and with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that resveratrol and quercetin have novel nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory activity that may have applications for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.