J.-P. Lavoie

Severe asthma is associated with a remodeling of the pulmonary arteries in horses.

This study shows that severe equine asthma causes pulmonary artery remodeling with increased smooth muscle mass, which is partially reversible by antigen avoidance but not corticosteroids.

Recellularization of bronchial extracellular matrix with primary bronchial smooth muscle cells

This paper describes a method to recellularize decellularized bronchial matrices with primary bronchial smooth muscle cells to study asthmatic remodeling.