RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Research highlights from the 2017 ERS International Congress: airway diseases in focus JF ERJ Open Research JO erjor FD European Respiratory Society SP 00163-2017 DO 10.1183/23120541.00163-2017 VO 4 IS 1 A1 Cecilia Andersson A1 Sara J. Bonvini A1 Peter Horvath A1 Eduardo Marquez A1 Imran Satia A1 Paul Kirkham A1 Florence Schleich A1 Marco Idzko A1 Reinoud Gosens A1 Jose Luis Lopez-Campos A1 Apostolos Bossios A1 Omar Usmani A1 Antonio Spanevello A1 Ian M. Adcock A1 Alexander G. Mathioudakis YR 2018 UL http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/4/1/00163-2017.abstract AB For another year, high-quality research studies from around the world transformed the annual ERS International Congress into a vivid platform to discuss trending research topics, to produce new research questions and to further push the boundaries of respiratory medicine and science. This article reviews only some of the high-quality research studies on asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis and chronic cough that were presented during the congress through the Airway Diseases Assembly (ERS Assembly 5) and places them into the context of current knowledge and research challenges.Members of the @ERStalk Airway Diseases Assembly discuss clinical highlights from #ERSCongress 2017 http://ow.ly/G51Y30i7fMR