title: Biomarkers in Occupational Asthma.
abstract: Work-related asthma is a common disorder among adult asthma patients, and in the case of occupational asthma, it is induced by workplace exposures.
  
  
  
  Occupational asthma provides an excellent model and benchmark for identifying and testing different allergy or inflammatory biomarkers associated with its inception or progression. Moreover, specific inhalation challenge with the incriminated agent represents an experimental setting to identify and validate potential systemic or local biomarkers. Some biomarkers are mainly blood-borne, while local airway biomarkers are derived from inflammatory or resident cells. Genetic and gene-environment interaction studies also provide an excellent framework to identify relevant profiles associated with the risk of developing these work-related conditions. Despite significant efforts to identify clinically relevant inflammatory and genomic markers for occupational asthma, apart from the documented utility of airway inflammatory biomarkers, it remains elusive to define specific markers or signatures clearly associated with different endpoints or outcomes in occupational asthma.
authors: Department of Allergy, La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain. javier.dominguez@idipaz.es.|CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES, Madrid, Spain. javier.dominguez@idipaz.es.
authors: Javier
authors: J
authors: Dominguez-Ortega
authors: Department of Allergy, La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain.|CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Pilar
authors: P
authors: Barranco
authors: Department of Allergy, La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain.|CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Rosa
authors: R
authors: Rodríguez-Pérez
authors: Department of Allergy, La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain.|CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Santiago
authors: S
authors: Quirce
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D059366:Asthma, Occupational / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: Biomarkers; Genomic biomarkers; Occupational asthma; Work-related asthma