Recent findings on the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma (Review)

Székely, J.I. and Pataki, Á. (2009) Recent findings on the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma (Review). Acta Physiologica Hungarica, 96 (1). pp. 1-17. ISSN 0231-424X

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Abstract

The novel data on the pathogenesis of asthma are summarized in this three-part review. Its immunological background is well established but it is more than an immunological disorder. Multiple lines indicate that both peripheral and central neural mechanisms are also involved in the pathogenesis of asthma. In the present first part of the review asthma is described as vago-vagal axon reflex brought about by multiple positive feed-back mechanisms, receptor upregulation, wind-up, phenotypic switch and formation of a pathological conditioned reflex. In the coming second part the main dispositional (mostly hormonal) and external contributing factors are reviewed, while the third part deals with the role of inheritance, i.e. with gene alleles leading to enhanced production of mediators of asthma.

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