{"title":"Tezepelumab for asthma with current or previous smoking habit: Case series","authors":"Yoshiro Kai MD, PhD , Kentaro Suzuki MD , Ryosuke Kataoka MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacig.2025.100420","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tezepelumab effectively treated severe asthma in a current smoker and a former smoker, suggesting that thymic stromal lymphopoietin is involved in the pathogenesis of severe asthma in these patients. Tezepelumab may additionally be used for severe asthma in current and former smokers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":75041,"journal":{"name":"The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global","volume":"4 2","pages":"Article 100420"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772829325000219","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Tezepelumab effectively treated severe asthma in a current smoker and a former smoker, suggesting that thymic stromal lymphopoietin is involved in the pathogenesis of severe asthma in these patients. Tezepelumab may additionally be used for severe asthma in current and former smokers.