New insights into the pathophysiology and therapeutic targets of asthma and comorbid chronic rhinosinusitis with or without nasal polyposis

I Striz, K Golebski, Z Strizova, S Loukides… - Clinical …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) or without (CRSsNP) are
chronic respiratory diseases. These two disorders often co-exist based on common …

Genomic and nongenomic effects of glucocorticoids

C Stahn, F Buttgereit - Nature clinical practice Rheumatology, 2008 - nature.com
The strong anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects of glucocorticoids are
mediated primarily by the cytosolic glucocorticoid receptors. These receptors are members …

Multifaceted mechanisms in COPD: inflammation, immunity, and tissue repair and destruction

KF Chung, IM Adcock - European Respiratory Journal, 2008 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality
that is characterised by inexorable deterioration of small airways obstruction with …

Histone acetylation and deacetylation: importance in inflammatory lung diseases

PJ Barnes, IM Adcock, K Ito - European Respiratory Journal, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Inflammatory lung diseases are characterised by increased expression of multiple
inflammatory genes that are regulated by proinflammatory transcription factors, such as …

The mechanisms, diagnosis, and management of severe asthma in adults

ST Holgate, R Polosa - The Lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
There has been a recent increase in the prevalence of asthma worldwide; however, the 5–
10% of patients with severe disease account for a substantial proportion of the health costs …

Corticosteroid effects on cell signalling

PJ Barnes - European Respiratory Journal, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Corticosteroids are the most effective anti-inflammatory therapy for asthma. Inflammation in
asthma is characterised by the increased expression of multiple inflammatory genes …

Molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoid action and selective glucocorticoid receptor agonists

C Stahn, M Löwenberg, DW Hommes… - Molecular and cellular …, 2007 - Elsevier
Glucocorticoids (GC) are the most common used anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive
drugs in the treatment of rheumatic and other inflammatory diseases. Their therapeutic …

Update on glucocorticoid action and resistance

K Ito, KF Chung, IM Adcock - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2006 - Elsevier
Extensive development of inhaled and oral glucocorticoids has resulted in highly potent
molecules that have been optimized to target activity to the lung and minimize systemic …

Antiinflammatory effects of dexamethasone are partly dependent on induction of dual specificity phosphatase 1

SM Abraham, T Lawrence, A Kleiman… - The Journal of …, 2006 - rupress.org
Glucocorticoids (GCs), which are used in the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory
diseases, inhibit the expression of many inflammatory mediators. They can also induce the …

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 …