Chitinases and chitinase-like proteins in asthma

J Declercq, H Hammad, BN Lambrecht… - Seminars in Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the lack of endogenous chitin synthesis, mammalian genomes encode two
enzymatically active true chitinases (chitotriosidase and acidic mammalian chitinase) and a …

[HTML][HTML] Chitinase 3-like-1 is a therapeutic target that mediates the effects of aging in COVID-19

S Kamle, B Ma, CH He, B Akosman, Y Zhou, CM Lee… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2 (SC2) and is more prevalent and severe in elderly and
patients with comorbid diseases (CM). Because chitinase 3-like-1 (CHI3L1) is induced …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of CHI3L1 as a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target in allergic diseases and respiratory comorbidities

J Zeng, M Tao, H Sun, G Xu - Allergy Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Chitinase-3-like protein-1 (CHI3L1), also known as human cartilage
glycoprotein-39 (HC-gp39), plays a role in several biological processes, including oxidative …

Fungal chitin is not an independent mediator of allergic fungal asthma severity

DA Ellis, MJ Jones, HME Willems… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Chitin, a polysaccharide found in the fungal cell wall and the exoskeletons of house dust
mites and cockroaches, has garnered attention as a potential immunoreactive allergen …

Chitinase-3-like 1 regulates TH2 cells, TFH cells and IgE responses to helminth infection

ML Curtiss, AF Rosenberg, CD Scharer… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Data from patient cohorts and mouse models of atopic dermatitis, food allergy
and asthma strongly support a role for chitinase-3-like-1 protein (CHI3L1) in allergic …

Ibrutinib suppresses the activation of neutrophils and macrophages and exerts therapeutic effect on acute peritonitis induced by zymosan

R Guo, Z Yan, H Liao, D Guo, R Tao, X Yu, Z Zhu… - International …, 2022 - Elsevier
Timely treatment of acute inflammatory reactions induced by fungi or bacteria is essential to
prevent infectious damage. Ibrutinib is a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor which is …

Role of the bone marrow vascular niche in chemotherapy for MLL-AF9-induced acute myeloid leukemia

C Xu, T Lu, X Lv, T Cheng, H Cheng - Blood Science, 2023 - mednexus.org
Leukemia stem cells in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can persist within unique bone
marrow niches similar to those of healthy hematopoietic stem cells and resist chemotherapy …

Hematopoietic 12/15-lipoxygenase activity negatively contributes to fungal-associated allergic asthma

M Makullah, DA Ellis, MJ Jones… - American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Asthma is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases in the world. Approximately
30% of severe cases are associated with fungal sensitization, often associated with allergy …

Chitinase-3-like 1 regulates TH2 cells, TFH cells and IgE following helminth infection

ML Curtiss, AF Rosenberg, CD Scharer, B Mousseau… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Data from patient cohorts and mouse models of atopic dermatitis, food allergy and asthma
strongly support a role for the chitinase-like protein ChI3L1 in allergic disease. To address …