Effects of vitamin D on inflammatory and oxidative stress responses of human bronchial epithelial cells exposed to particulate matter

PE Pfeffer, H Lu, EH Mann, YH Chen, TR Ho… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Particulate matter (PM) pollutant exposure, which induces oxidative stress and
inflammation, and vitamin D insufficiency, which compromises immune regulation, are …

Role of neutrophils in equine asthma

B Uberti, G Morán - Animal health research reviews, 2018 - cambridge.org
Neutrophilic bronchiolitis is the primary lesion in asthma-affected horses. Neutrophils are
key actors in host defense, migrating toward sites of inflammation and infection, where they …

Complement regulatory protein CD46 induces autophagy against oxidative stress-mediated apoptosis in normal and asthmatic airway epithelium

YG Tsai, YS Wen, JY Wang, KD Yang, HL Sun… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Autophagy plays a major role in defending against oxidative stress in respiratory epithelial
cells. The complement regulatory protein CD46 can enhance autophagy and decrease local …

[HTML][HTML] Gelam honey attenuates ovalbumin-induced airway inflammation in a mice model of allergic asthma

NSS Shamshuddin, RM Zohdi - Journal of traditional and complementary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Allergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the pulmonary airways. Gelam honey
has been proven to possess anti-inflammatory property with great potential to treat an …

Enhanced oxidative stress in smoking and ex-smoking severe asthma in the U-BIOPRED cohort

R Emma, AT Bansal, J Kolmert, CE Wheelock… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Oxidative stress is believed to be a major driver of inflammation in smoking asthmatics. The
U-BIOPRED project recruited a cohort of Severe Asthma smokers/ex-smokers (SAs/ex) and …

Fluoxetine protects against OVA induced bronchial asthma and depression in rats

MM Sherkawy, AM Abo-Youssef, AAA Salama… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Depression is very common in asthmatic patients and may increases risk for morbidity and
mortality. The present work aimed to investigate the protective effect of fluoxetine, on …

Combination of urea-crosslinked hyaluronic acid and sodium ascorbyl phosphate for the treatment of inflammatory lung diseases: An in vitro study

A Fallacara, L Busato, M Pozzoli, M Ghadiri… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This in vitro study evaluated, for the first time, the safety and the biological activity of a novel
urea-crosslinked hyaluronic acid component and sodium ascorbyl phosphate (HA-CL–SAP) …

Role of clusterin/progranulin in toluene diisocyanate-induced occupational asthma

GS Choi, HKT Trinh, EM Yang, YM Ye… - … & molecular medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Toluene diisocyanate (TDI) exposure induces oxidative stress and epithelial cell-derived
inflammation, which affect the pathogenesis of TDI-induced occupational asthma (TDI-OA) …

Structural analysis and antioxidant activity of the glycoside from Imperial Chrysanthemum

ZY Zhu, LC Pan, Y Zhang - Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
A new glycoside, named as CG-1, was separated from Imperial Chrysanthemum with silica
gel column chromatography. The purity was detected by TLC and HPLC. The crystal shape …

The effects of asthma medications on reactive oxygen species production in human monocytes

MK Tsai, YC Lin, MY Huang, MS Lee, CH Kuo… - Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease induced by many environmental
factors. The inhalation of allergens and pollutants promotes the production of reactive …