Chronic airway disease in primary ciliary dyskinesia-spiced with geno-phenotype associations.

ABSTRACT: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) can be defined as a multiorgan ciliopathy with a dominant element of chronic airway disease affecting the nose, sinuses, middle ear, and in particular, the lower airways. Although most patients with PCD are diagnosed during preschool years, it is obvious that the chronic lung disease starts its course already from birth. The many faces of the clinical picture change, as does lung function, structural lung damage, the burden of infection, and of treatment throughout life. A markedly severe neutrophil inflammation in the respiratory tract seems pervasive and is only to a minimal extent ameliorated by a treatment strategy, which is predominantly aimed at bacterial infections. An ever-increasing understanding of the different aspects, their interrelationships,

SUBMITTER: Nielsen KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9314966 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature