The role of microRNAs as new anti-inflammatory targets for the treatment of asthma

哮喘对我们的社会是一个重大的健康和经济负担，其患病率在过去25年中有所增加。治疗哮喘的新方法是迫切需要的，因为目前的治疗方法治疗症状，而不是疾病的原因。人们普遍认为哮喘是由于患病个体肺部白细胞的异常积聚（炎症）引起的。在这个项目中，我们正在探索新的先进方法来抑制炎症和疾病的发展。

Asthma is a significant health and economic burden to our society and its prevalence has increased over the last 25 years. New ways of treating asthma are urgently required as current therapeutics treat the symptoms and not the cause of the disease. Asthma is widely thought to be due to the abnormal accumulation of white blood cells (inflammation) in the lungs of diseased individuals. In this project we are exploring new advanced ways to inhibit inflammation and the development of disease.