@article {Schleich00225-2018, author = {Florence Schleich and Andras Bikov and Alexander G. Mathioudakis and Melissa McDonnell and Cecilia Andersson and Matteo Bonini and Lena Uller and Marco Idzko and Dave Singh and Jose Luis Lopez-Campos and Apostolos Bossios and Ian M. Adcock and Omar Usmani and Antonio Spanevello and Sara J. Bonvini}, title = {Research highlights from the 2018 European Respiratory Society International Congress: airway disease}, volume = {5}, number = {1}, elocation-id = {00225-2018}, year = {2019}, doi = {10.1183/23120541.00225-2018}, publisher = {European Respiratory Society}, abstract = {The annual European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress (held in Paris in 2018) was once again a platform for discussion of the highest-quality scientific research, cutting-edge techniques and innovative new therapies within the respiratory field. This article discusses only some of the high-quality research studies presented at this year{\textquoteright}s Congress, with a particular focus on airway diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis and cough, as presented through Assembly 5 of the ERS (Airway Diseases: Asthma and COPD). The authors establish the key take-home messages of these studies, compare their findings and place them in the context of current understanding.A review of the high-quality research studies presented at the 2018 $\#$ERSCongress, with a focus on airway diseases, including asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis and cough, presented through Assembly 5 of @ERStalk http://ow.ly/tQCl30nrPMI}, URL = {https://openres.ersjournals.com/content/5/1/00225-2018}, eprint = {https://openres.ersjournals.com/content/5/1/00225-2018.full.pdf}, journal = {ERJ Open Research} }