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Asthma aetiology: environmental stimuli may act on susceptible individuals, leading to altered immune response Environmental triggers Virus

Tobacco smoke

Genetically susceptible individuals

Allergens

Innate immune pathway

Adaptive immune pathway

Airway epithelial cells

Memory cell (B cell or T cell) Dendritic cell

Type 2 innate lymphoid cells

Natural killer T cell

Macrophage

Effector cell (eosinophil or mast cell)

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Figure adapted from Holtzman MJ, et al. Nat Rev Immunol 2014;14:686–698.


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