Pharmacology and therapeutics of bronchodilators

M Cazzola, CP Page, L Calzetta, MG Matera - Pharmacological Reviews, 2012 - ASPET
Bronchodilators are central in the treatment of of airways disorders. They are the mainstay of
the current management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and are critical in …

New targets for drug development in asthma

IM Adcock, G Caramori, KF Chung - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects about 300 million people worldwide, a
total that is expected to rise to about 400 million over the next 15–20 years. Most asthmatic …

[HTML][HTML] Tiotropium in asthma poorly controlled with standard combination therapy

HAM Kerstjens, M Engel, R Dahl… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Some patients with asthma have frequent exacerbations and persistent airflow
obstruction despite treatment with inhaled glucocorticoids and long-acting beta-agonists …

Novel long‐acting bronchodilators for COPD and asthma

M Cazzola, MG Matera - British journal of pharmacology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
An important step in simplifying asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
management and improving adherence with prescribed therapy is to reduce the dose …

Emerging pharmacotherapies for COPD

PJ Barnes - Chest, 2008 - Elsevier
The mainstay of current drug therapy is long-acting bronchodilators; several longer acting
inhaled β 2-agonists and muscarinic antagonists (and combinations) are now in …

The Identification of Indacaterol as an Ultralong-Acting Inhaled β2-Adrenoceptor Agonist

F Baur, D Beattie, D Beer, D Bentley… - Journal of medicinal …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Following a lipophilicity-based hypothesis, an 8-hydroxyquinolinone 2-aminoindan derived
series of β2-adrenoceptor agonists have been prepared and evaluated for their potential as …

The potential and the pitfalls of β-adrenoceptor agonists for the management of skeletal muscle wasting

JG Ryall, GS Lynch - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2008 - Elsevier
The β-adrenergic signaling pathway represents a novel therapeutic target for skeletal
muscle wasting and weakness due to its role in the mechanisms controlling protein …

Emerging inhaled bronchodilators: an update

M Cazzola, MG Matera - European Respiratory Journal, 2009 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Bronchodilators remain central to the symptomatic management of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease and asthma, and, for this reason and also because the patent protection …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-LABAs for the treatment of asthma

M Cazzola, P Rogliani, MG Matera - Respiratory Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
The term ultra-LABA indicates once-daily β2-AR agonists (abediterol, indacaterol, olodaterol
and vilanterol) that are single enantiomers of the (R)-configuration. All have a near full …

A general synthesis of quinolinones and benzothiazine 1, 1-dioxides via ring closing metathesis

J Minville, J Poulin, C Dufresne, CF Sturino - Tetrahedron Letters, 2008 - Elsevier
A general synthesis of quinolinones and benzothiazine 1, 1-dioxides is presented. A series
of N-phenylacrylamides and N-phenylethylenesulfonamides were studied for their ability to …