title: Alternative approaches for the treatment of airway diseases: focus on nanoparticle medicine.
abstract: Despite the various treatment options and international guidelines currently available for the appropriate therapeutic management of asthma, a large population of patients with asthma continues to have poorly controlled disease. There is therefore a need for novel approaches to achieve better asthma control, especially for severe asthmatics. This review discusses the use of nanoparticles for the specific targeting of inflammatory pathways as a promising approach for the effective control of severe persistent asthma as well as other chronic inflammatory diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ratemi
authors.affiliation: Prince Naif Center for Immunology Research and Asthma Research Chair, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.|Prince Naif Health Research Center, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sultana Shaik
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Faraj
authors.affiliation: Prince Naif Center for Immunology Research and Asthma Research Chair, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Halwani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D004337:Drug Carriers; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D006801:Humans; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000379:methods*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D036103:Nanotechnology; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers