Emerging opportunities to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Design, discovery, and optimizations of small-molecule drugs targeting fibrogenic pathways

W Luo, Y Gu, S Fu, J Wang, J Zhang, Y Wang - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common fibrotic form of idiopathic diffuse lung
disease. Due to limited treatment options, IPF patients suffer from poor survival. About ten …

Design and Synthesis of Novel Ultralong-Acting Peptides as EDP-EBP Interaction Inhibitors for Pulmonary Fibrosis Treatment

Y Wang, F Xue, W Cheng, Q Zhao, N Song… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The increased remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in pulmonary fibrosis (PF)
generates bioactive ECM fragments called matricryptins, which include elastin-derived …

[HTML][HTML] circGRHPR inhibits aberrant epithelial-mesenchymal transformation progression of lung epithelial cells associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

W Wu, Z Wang, H Zhang, X Zhang, H Tian - Cell Biology and Toxicology, 2024 - Springer
Air pollution has greatly increased the risk of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Circular
RNAs (circRNAs) have been found to play a significant role in the advancement of IPF, but …

Insights into the selective mechanism of PDE2/9a inhibitors from silico aspects

P Song, S Wang, R Han, H Wang, B Hu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The selective design of competitive enzyme inhibitors is an extremely difficult task but
necessary work for certain types of systems, such as the phosphodiesterase (PDE) system …

Fibrotic lung disease: early signs, treatment and outcomes

I Belo - 2024 - openarchive.ki.se
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has gained a lot of attention by the research community in
recent decades. Thanks to enhanced understanding on pathophysiological mechanisms …

Investigating the role of phosphodiesterases in myofibroblast transformation in Peyronie's disease

S Harding - 2024 - aru.figshare.com
Introduction: Peyronie's disease (PD) is characterised by a fibrous plaque that forms in the
penile tunica albuginea (TA), leading to pain, penile deformity, and erectile dysfunction …