title: Year in review 2016: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Tow Keang
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5092-4103
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Fanny W S
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa J
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8616-3350
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Benton
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maarten Van den
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Berge
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.|Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mak
mesh_terms: D056151:Airway Remodeling; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: airway biology; asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; management