[HTML][HTML] LPA receptor signaling: pharmacology, physiology, and pathophysiology

YC Yung, NC Stoddard, J Chun - Journal of lipid research, 2014 - ASBMB
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a small ubiquitous lipid found in vertebrate and
nonvertebrate organisms that mediates diverse biological actions and demonstrates …

Lysoglycerophospholipids in chronic inflammatory disorders: the PLA2/LPC and ATX/LPA axes

I Sevastou, E Kaffe, MA Mouratis, V Aidinis - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2013 - Elsevier
Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), the most prominent
lysoglycerophospholipids, are emerging as a novel class of inflammatory lipids, joining …

A novel autotaxin inhibitor reduces lysophosphatidic acid levels in plasma and the site of inflammation

J Gierse, A Thorarensen, K Beltey… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2010 - ASPET
Autotaxin is the enzyme responsible for the production of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) from
lysophosphatidyl choline (LPC), and it is up-regulated in many inflammatory conditions …

Autotaxin and chronic inflammatory diseases

C Magkrioti, A Galaris, P Kanellopoulou… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Autotaxin (ATX) is a secreted glycoprotein, widely present in biological fluids including
blood. ATX catalyzes the hydrolysis of lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) to lysophosphatidic …

Autotaxin expression from synovial fibroblasts is essential for the pathogenesis of modeled arthritis

I Nikitopoulou, N Oikonomou, E Karouzakis… - Journal of Experimental …, 2012 - rupress.org
Rheumatoid arthritis is a destructive arthropathy characterized by chronic synovial
inflammation that imposes a substantial socioeconomic burden. Under the influence of the …

[HTML][HTML] Autotaxin in the crosshairs: taking aim at cancer and other inflammatory conditions

MGK Benesch, YM Ko, TPW McMullen, DN Brindley - FEBS letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Autotaxin is a secreted enzyme that produces most of the extracellular lysophosphatidate
from lysophosphatidylcholine, the most abundant phospholipid in blood plasma …

Autotaxin, a secreted lysophospholipase D, as a promising therapeutic target in chronic inflammation and cancer

E Barbayianni, E Kaffe, V Aidinis, G Kokotos - Progress in lipid research, 2015 - Elsevier
Autotaxin (ATX) is a member of the nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase family
of ectoenzymes that hydrolyzes phosphodiester bonds of various nucleotides. It possesses …

Immunomodulatory effects of berberine on the inflamed joint reveal new therapeutic targets for rheumatoid arthritis management

P Shen, Y Jiao, L Miao, J Chen… - Journal of cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory syndrome designated by synovial joint
inflammation leading to cartilage degradation and bone damage as well as progressive …

[HTML][HTML] Chemerin activates fibroblast-like synoviocytes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

K Kaneko, Y Miyabe, A Takayasu, S Fukuda… - Arthritis research & …, 2011 - Springer
Introduction Chemerin is a chemotactic agonist identified as a ligand for ChemR23 that is
expressed on macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs). In this study, we analyzed the …

[HTML][HTML] 1-Oleyl-lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) promotes polarization of BV-2 and primary murine microglia towards an M1-like phenotype

I Plastira, E Bernhart, M Goeritzer, H Reicher… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Microglia, the immunocompetent cells of the CNS, rapidly respond to brain
injury and disease by altering their morphology and phenotype to adopt an activated state …