Although the functional importance of the eosinophil remains unknown despite rather intensive inquiries for almost a century, the presence of unusual numbers of these cells has served to alert phys ...

The number of eosinophils in your lungs and sputum will rise and fall, depending on the condition of your asthma. And studies show that your eosinophilic levels often closely track how severe your ...

An increase in exacerbations and worse lung function was found in those with advanced COPD and blood eosinophil counts less than or equal to 100 compared with those with higher counts, according ...

Eosinophilic asthma is different from what you may think of as “asthma.” It may need different treatment. And it often impacts who you may not expect: adults.

First identified in 1989, eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome is a rare condition that produces inflammation in the muscles, lungs, and skin.

Eosinophils play important roles in asthma and lung infections. Murine models are widely used for assessing the functional significance and mechanistic basis for eosinophil involvements in these ...

A new study at Tel Aviv University found that eosinophils - a type of white blood cells - are recruited to the battle against cancer metastases in the lungs.

In patients with moderate to severe eosinophilic asthma, treatment with dexpramipexole depleted blood and tissue eosinophils, which correlated with improvement in lung function, according to ...

In a subset of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), increased levels of circulating eosinophils were found in lung tissue, sputum, and blood during stable disease and ...

Eosinophilia is a common feature of certain blood cancers, such as eosinophilic leukemia and Hodgkin lymphoma, as well as solid tumor cancers of the colon, lungs, breast, and others.

Eosinophilic bronchitis is an airway inflammation that can lead to a chronic cough. People who experience eosinophilic bronchitis have more white blood cells in their lungs than average.