Therapeutic targets in lung tissue remodelling and fibrosis

G Liu, AM Philp, T Corte, MA Travis, H Schilter… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Structural changes involving tissue remodelling and fibrosis are major features of many
pulmonary diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and …

Epigenetics-targeted drugs: Current paradigms and future challenges

W Dai, X Qiao, Y Fang, R Guo, P Bai, S Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetics governs a chromatin state regulatory system through five key mechanisms: DNA
modification, histone modification, RNA modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding …

Itaconate and itaconate derivatives target JAK1 to suppress alternative activation of macrophages

MC Runtsch, S Angiari, A Hooftman, R Wadhwa… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
The Krebs cycle-derived metabolite itaconate and its derivatives suppress the inflammatory
response in pro-inflammatory" M1" macrophages. However, alternatively activated" M2" …

Precision medicine and phenotypes, endotypes, genotypes, regiotypes, and theratypes of allergic diseases

I Agache, CA Akdis - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2019 - jci.org
A rapidly develo** paradigm for modern health care is a proactive and individualized
response to patients' symptoms, combining precision diagnosis and personalized treatment …

Targeting cell signaling in allergic asthma

SS Athari - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2019 - nature.com
Asthma is chronic inflammation of the airways characterized by airway hyper-
responsiveness, wheezing, cough, and dyspnea. Asthma affects> 350 million people …

Animal and translational models of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19

MD Johansen, A Irving, X Montagutelli, MD Tate… - Mucosal …, 2020 - nature.com
COVID-19 is causing a major once-in-a-century global pandemic. The scientific and clinical
community is in a race to define and develop effective preventions and treatments. The …

Role for NLRP3 inflammasome–mediated, IL-1β–dependent responses in severe, steroid-resistant asthma

RY Kim, JW Pinkerton, AT Essilfie… - American journal of …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Severe, steroid-resistant asthma is the major unmet need in asthma therapy.
Disease heterogeneity and poor understanding of pathogenic mechanisms hampers the …

Microbiome effects on immunity, health and disease in the lung

SD Shukla, KF Budden, R Neal… - Clinical & translational …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic respiratory diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF), are among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity …

Spotlight on microRNAs in allergy and asthma

J Weidner, S Bartel, A Kılıç, UM Zissler, H Renz… - Allergy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In past 10 years, microRNAs (miRNAs) have gained scientific attention due to their
importance in the pathophysiology of allergic diseases and their potential as biomarkers in …

A microRNA-21–mediated SATB1/S100A9/NF-κB axis promotes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease pathogenesis

RY Kim, KP Sunkara, KR Bracke, AG Jarnicki… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of morbidity and
death worldwide. Inhalation of cigarette smoke (CS) is the major cause in developed …