Anti-IL5 therapies for severe eosinophilic asthma: literature review and practical insights

F Menzella, P Ruggiero, G Ghidoni… - Journal of Asthma …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Severe refractory asthma (SRA) still has a high economic and social impact, including a
reduction in quality of life (QoL), productivity, a greater risk of exacerbations and emergency …

Nutritional interventions using functional foods and nutraceuticals to improve inflammatory bowel disease

DW Shin, BO Lim - Journal of Medicinal Food, 2020 - liebertpub.com
The gastrointestinal tract, the second largest organ in the body, plays an important role in
nutrient and mineral intake through the intestinal barrier. Dysfunction of intestinal …

[HTML][HTML] LncRNA-CASC7 enhances corticosteroid sensitivity via inhibiting the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway by targeting miR-21 in severe asthma

JH Liu, C Li, CH Zhang, ZH Zhang - Pulmonology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Asthma, a common chronic inflammatory disease, is treated with corticosteroid
in most cases, but corticosteroid resistance in severe asthma patients seriously impairs the …

[HTML][HTML] Shegan-Mahuang Decoction ameliorates asthmatic airway hyperresponsiveness by downregulating Th2/Th17 cells but upregulating CD4+ FoxP3+ Tregs

CC Lin, YY Wang, SM Chen, YT Liu, JQ Li, F Li… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Shegan-Mahuang Decoction (SMD), also named
Yakammaoto or Shegan-Mahuang Tang, is a classic formula of traditional Chinese medicine …

[HTML][HTML] Dehydrodieugenol improved lung inflammation in an asthma model by inhibiting the STAT3/SOCS3 and MAPK pathways

FPR Santana, RC da Silva, V Ponci, AJ Pinheiro… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Eugenol, a common phenylpropanoid derivative found in different plant
species, has well-described anti-inflammatory effects associated with the development of …

PI3K inhibitor treatment ameliorates the glucocorticoid insensitivity of PBMCs in severe asthma

J Bi, Z Min, H Yuan, Z Jiang, R Mao, T Zhu… - Clinical and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Glucocorticoid (GC) insensitivity is an important feature of severe and fatal
asthma. Oxidative stress can induce phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) activation …

Therapeutic options for COVID-19: a quick review

MS Ismaila, F Bande, A Ishaka, AA Sani… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Since the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) of an outbreak of a
contagious respiratory viral pneumonia in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 (later named …

Evaluating the use of cytosine arabinoside for treatment for recurrent canine steroid‐responsive meningitis‐arteritis

C Günther, F Steffen, DS Alder, L Beatrice… - Veterinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Relapses in steroid‐responsive meningitis‐arteritis (SRMA) are frequently
observed but specific treatment protocols to address this problem are sparsely reported …

Pharmacogenomic response of inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of asthma: considerations for therapy

M Cazzola, P Rogliani, L Calzetta… - Pharmacogenomics and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
There is a large interindividual variability in response to ICSs in asthma. About 70% of the
variance in ICS response is likely due at least partially to genetically determined …

Severe pneumonia in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

L Peng, Y Wang, L Zhao, T Chen, A Huang - Lupus, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors
associated with severe pneumonia in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients from …