Vitamin E therapy beyond cancer: Tocopherol versus tocotrienol

HY Peh, WSD Tan, W Liao, WSF Wong - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
The discovery of vitamin E (α-tocopherol) began in 1922 as a vital component required in
reproduction. Today, there are eight naturally occurring vitamin E isoforms, namely α-, β-, γ …

Artemisinins: pharmacological actions beyond anti-malarial

WE Ho, HY Peh, TK Chan, WSF Wong - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
Artemisinins are a family of sesquiterpene trioxane lactone anti-malarial agents originally
derived from Artemisia annua L. The anti-malarial action of artemisinins involves the …

[HTML][HTML] Quercetin alleviates ferroptosis accompanied by reducing M1 macrophage polarization during neutrophilic airway inflammation

Y Wang, R Wan, W Peng, X Zhao, W Bai… - European journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ferroptosis is a kind of regulated cell death, supporting the pathological process of lung
inflammation, including asthma. Quercetin (QCT), a kind of natural dietary flavonoid, exerts …

Mouse models of allergic asthma: acute and chronic allergen challenge

AT Nials, S Uddin - Disease models & mechanisms, 2008 - journals.biologists.com
Asthma is defined as a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways; however, the underlying
physiological and immunological processes are not fully understood. Animal models have …

Increased neutrophilia in nasal polyps reduces the response to oral corticosteroid therapy

W Wen, W Liu, L Zhang, J Bai, Y Fan, W **a… - Journal of allergy and …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Nasal polyps (NPs) are characterized by eosinophilic inflammation, which
is generally considered sensitive to corticosteroid treatment. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated …

The role of leukotrienes as potential therapeutic targets in allergic disorders

A Jo-Watanabe, T Okuno, T Yokomizo - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Leukotrienes (LTs) are lipid mediators that play pivotal roles in acute and chronic
inflammation and allergic diseases. They exert their biological effects by binding to specific …

Crosstalk in inflammation: the interplay of glucocorticoid receptor-based mechanisms and kinases and phosphatases

IME Beck, W Vanden Berghe, L Vermeulen… - Endocrine …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroidal ligands for the GC receptor (GR), which can function as
a ligand-activated transcription factor. These steroidal ligands and derivatives thereof are …

Drug repurposing: the anthelmintics niclosamide and nitazoxanide are potent TMEM16A antagonists that fully bronchodilate airways

K Miner, K Labitzke, B Liu, P Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
There is an unmet need in severe asthma where approximately 40% of patients exhibit poor
β-agonist responsiveness, suffer daily symptoms and show frequent exacerbations …

Modeling TH2 responses and airway inflammation to understand fundamental mechanisms regulating the pathogenesis of asthma

PS Foster, S Maltby, HF Rosenberg… - Immunological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we highlight experiments conducted in our laboratories that have elucidated
functional roles for CD 4+ T‐helper type‐2 lymphocytes (TH 2 cells), their associated …

Cytokine/anti‐cytokine therapy–novel treatments for asthma?

PM Hansbro, GE Kaiko… - British journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways and there are no preventions or
cures. Inflammatory cells through the secretion of cytokines and pro‐inflammatory molecules …