{
  "slug": "asthma",
  "id": "asthma-biomarkers",
  "condition": {
    "name": "Asthma",
    "shortName": "Asthma",
    "alternateNames": []
  },
  "page": {
    "title": "Asthma Biomarker Atlas | Blood Tests & Molecular Alterations",
    "breadcrumbName": "Asthma Biomarkers",
    "description": "Searchable atlas of Asthma biomarkers, from peer-reviewed literature comparing patient levels vs. healthy controls.",
    "keywords": [
      "Asthma biomarkers",
      "Asthma blood tests",
      "biomarker atlas",
      "biomarker database"
    ],
    "canonical": "https://research.opensourcemed.info/asthma-biomarkers.html",
    "hero": "Molecular alterations reported in Asthma compared to healthy controls, from peer-reviewed literature.",
    "dateModified": "2026-07-02"
  },
  "categories": {
    "pulmonary": "Pulmonary"
  },
  "filters": [
    "pulmonary"
  ],
  "markers": [
    {
      "name": "Blood Eosinophil Count",
      "alternateName": "Blood Eosinophil Count",
      "direction": "up",
      "category": "pulmonary",
      "comparison": "asthma patients vs normal reference range",
      "symptoms": "",
      "reference": {
        "citation": "Bacharier et al. 2024",
        "doi": "10.1016/j.jaci.2023.09.044"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO)",
      "alternateName": "Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO)",
      "direction": "up",
      "category": "pulmonary",
      "comparison": "type 2 asthma vs healthy/non-asthmatic individuals",
      "symptoms": "",
      "reference": {
        "citation": "Loewenthal et al. 2022",
        "doi": "10.1055/s-0042-1743290"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Periostin",
      "alternateName": "Periostin",
      "direction": "up",
      "category": "pulmonary",
      "comparison": "allergic/asthmatic conditions vs normal",
      "symptoms": "",
      "reference": {
        "citation": "Sonnenberg-Riethmacher et al. 2021",
        "doi": "10.3389/fimmu.2021.722170"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Total IgE",
      "alternateName": "Total IgE",
      "direction": "up",
      "category": "pulmonary",
      "comparison": "allergic asthma vs non-allergic asthma",
      "symptoms": "",
      "reference": {
        "citation": "Schatz et al. 2014",
        "doi": "10.1016/j.jaip.2014.09.004"
      }
    }
  ]
}