Interleukins 4 and 13 in asthma: key pathophysiologic cytokines and druggable molecular targets

C Pelaia, E Heffler, C Crimi, A Maglio… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Interleukins (IL)-4 and-13 play a pivotal role in the pathobiology of type-2 asthma. Indeed, IL-
4 is crucially involved in Th2 cell differentiation, immunoglobulin (Ig) class switching and …

Molecular targets for biological therapies of severe asthma

C Pelaia, C Crimi, A Vatrella, C Tinello… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Asthma is a heterogeneous respiratory disease characterized by usually reversible
bronchial obstruction, which is clinically expressed by different phenotypes driven by …

Tezepelumab: a potential new biological therapy for severe refractory asthma

C Pelaia, G Pelaia, C Crimi, A Maglio, L Gallelli… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is an innate cytokine, belonging to the group of
alarmins, which plays a key pathogenic role in asthma by acting as an upstream activator of …

Therapeutic effects of benralizumab assessed in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma: real-life evaluation correlated with allergic and non-allergic phenotype …

C Pelaia, C Crimi, A Benfante, MF Caiaffa… - Journal of Asthma …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Benralizumab can be utilized as add-on biological treatment of severe
eosinophilic asthma. However, so far only a few real-life studies have been published with …

Role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in asthma and COPD: pathogenic aspects and potential targeted therapies

C Pelaia, A Vatrella, L Gallelli, N Lombardo… - Drug Design …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Among the various members of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family, p38
MAPK subgroup is the most involved in airway and lung inflammation underlying asthma …

Real‐life evaluation of mepolizumab efficacy in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma, according to atopic trait and allergic phenotype

C Pelaia, C Crimi, G Pelaia, S Nolasco… - Clinical & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Anti‐interleukin‐5 (IL‐5) monoclonal antibodies can be used as add‐
on biological therapies in allergic and non‐allergic patients with severe eosinophilic asthma …

Monoclonal antibodies targeting alarmins: a new perspective for biological therapies of severe asthma

C Pelaia, G Pelaia, F Longhini, C Crimi, C Calabrese… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alarmins are innate cytokines, including thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), interleukin-33
(IL-33), and interleukin-25 (IL-25), which are mainly produced by airway epithelium and …

Novel biological therapies for severe asthma endotypes

C Pelaia, G Pelaia, C Crimi, A Maglio, AA Stanziola… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Severe asthma comprises several heterogeneous phenotypes, underpinned by complex
pathomechanisms known as endotypes. The latter are driven by intercellular networks …

Paeoniflorin ameliorates airway inflammation and immune response in ovalbumin induced asthmatic mice: From oxidative stress to autophagy

X Han, S Hu, Q Yang, X Sang, D Tang, G Cao - Phytomedicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Asthma characterized by airway remodeling is a multiple pulmonary disease,
which is associated with various physiological processes including inflammation reaction …

[HTML][HTML] N-3 PUFAs and their specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators on airway inflammatory response: beneficial effects in the prevention and treatment of …

J Zúñiga-Hernández, V Sambra, F Echeverría… - Food & Function, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Respiratory diseases include a wide range of pathologies with different clinical
manifestations, affecting the normal airways and lung function. An increase in the …