Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors for the treatment of inflammatory diseases

H Li, J Zuo, W Tang - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4), mainly present in immune cells, epithelial cells, and brain
cells, manifests as an intracellular non-receptor enzyme that modulates inflammation and …

Asthma outcomes: exacerbations

A Fuhlbrigge, D Peden, AJ Apter, HA Boushey… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The goals of asthma treatment include preventing recurrent exacerbations.
Yet there is no consensus about the terminology for describing or defining “exacerbation” or …

The asthma–COPD overlap syndrome: towards a revised taxonomy of chronic airways diseases?

ED Bateman, HK Reddel, RN van Zyl-Smit… - The Lancet Respiratory …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Most research of treatments for airways diseases has been restricted to patients who meet
standard definitions of either chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma, yet …

Novel approaches to the management of noneosinophilic asthma

NC Thomson - Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Noneosinophilic airway inflammation occurs in approximately 50% of patients with asthma. It
is subdivided into neutrophilic or paucigranulocytic inflammation, although the proportion of …

Benralizumab: a unique IL-5 inhibitor for severe asthma

LD Tan, JM Bratt, D Godor, S Louie… - Journal of Asthma and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The presence of eosinophilic inflammation is a characteristic feature of chronic and acute
inflammation in asthma. An estimated 5%–10% of the 300 million people worldwide who …

Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor therapy for lung diseases

B Beghe, KF Rabe, LM Fabbri - American journal of respiratory and …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are a superfamily of enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of
cAMP and/or cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP) to their inactive form. PDE4 is the …

JAK/STAT inhibitors and other small molecule cytokine antagonists for the treatment of allergic disease

MD Howell, C Fitzsimons, PA Smith - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To provide an overview of janus kinase (JAK), chemoattractant receptor
homologous molecule expressed on TH 2 cells (CRTH2), and phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) …

Roflumilast attenuates allergen-induced inflammation in mild asthmatic subjects

GM Gauvreau, LP Boulet, C Schmid-Wirlitsch… - Respiratory …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitors increase intracellular cyclic
adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), leading to regulation of inflammatory cell functions …

[HTML][HTML] Steroid-sparing effects of pentoxifylline in pulmonary sarcoidosis

MK Park, JR Fontana, H Babaali… - … vasculitis, and diffuse …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results Except for one patient, primary endpoints were not reached in POF-treated patients.
Therefore, a post hoc analysis was performed. The observed relative risk reduction for flares …

β2-Agonist Induced cAMP Is Decreased in Asthmatic Airway Smooth Muscle Due to Increased PDE4D

T Trian, JK Burgess, K Niimi, LM Moir, Q Ge, P Berger… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background and Objective Asthma is associated with airway narrowing in response to
bronchoconstricting stimuli and increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass. In addition …