

Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are enzymes that constitute the first line of defense against ROS. 4INRAE, Biopolymères Intéractions Assemblages (BIA), Nantes, Franceīackground: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by a prevailing type 2 inflammation, airway hyperresponsiveness, and mucus hypersecretion and is driven by various factors among which oxidative molecules, called reactive oxygen species (ROS), play a major role.2Université de Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l’institut du thorax, Nantes, France.1Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Département de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.

Martin Klein 1, Eleonore Dijoux 2, Marie-Aude Cheminant 2, Laurent Intes 3 and Grégory Bouchaud 4*
