Targeting cell signaling in allergic asthma

SS Athari - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2019 - nature.com
Asthma is chronic inflammation of the airways characterized by airway hyper-
responsiveness, wheezing, cough, and dyspnea. Asthma affects> 350 million people …

[HTML][HTML] IL-1β dominates the promucin secretory cytokine profile in cystic fibrosis

G Chen, L Sun, T Kato, K Okuda… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease is characterized by early and persistent mucus
accumulation and neutrophilic inflammation in the distal airways. Identification of the factors …

TMEM16A is indispensable for basal mucus secretion in airways and intestine

R Benedetto, I Cabrita, R Schreiber… - The FASEB …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Transmembrane member 16A (TMEM16A) is the Ca2+‐activated chloride
channel in airways and intestine. It has been associated with goblet cell metaplasia, as …

XBP1S regulates MUC5B in a promoter variant–dependent pathway in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis airway epithelia

G Chen, CMP Ribeiro, L Sun, K Okuda… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The goal was to connect elements of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
pathogenesis, including chronic endoplasmic reticulum stress in respiratory epithelia …

HSP90 inhibitor geldanamycin reverts IL-13–and IL-17–induced airway goblet cell metaplasia

AA Pezzulo, RA Tudas, CG Stewart… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Goblet cell metaplasia, a disabling hallmark of chronic lung disease, lacks curative
treatments at present. To identify novel therapeutic targets for goblet cell metaplasia, we …

WNT/RYK signaling restricts goblet cell differentiation during lung development and repair

HT Kim, W Yin, Y Nakamichi, P Panza… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Goblet cell metaplasia and mucus hypersecretion are observed in many pulmonary
diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic …

[HTML][HTML] ASC and NLRP3 maintain innate immune homeostasis in the airway through an inflammasome-independent mechanism

R Fang, R Uchiyama, S Sakai, H Hara, H Tsutsui… - Mucosal …, 2019 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that inflammasomes protect the host from microbial pathogens by
inducing inflammatory responses through caspase-1 activation. Here, we show that the …

SMAD signaling restricts mucous cell differentiation in human airway epithelium

MB Feldman, M Wood, A Lapey… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Mucin-secreting goblet cell metaplasia and hyperplasia (GCMH) is a common pathological
phenotype in many human respiratory diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive …

Srolo Bzhtang, a traditional Tibetan medicine formula, inhibits cigarette smoke induced airway inflammation and muc5ac hypersecretion via suppressing IL-13/STAT6 …

L Jing, S Su, D Zhang, Z Li, D Lu, R Ge - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Srolo Bzhtang (SBT), a traditional Tibetan
medicine formula, was composed of three herbs, Solms-Laubachia eurycarpa, Bergenia …

Coordinate regulation of ELF5 and EHF at the chr11p13 CF modifier region

H Swahn, J Sabith Ebron, KM Lamar… - Journal of Cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract E74‐like factor 5 (ELF5) and ETS‐homologous factor (EHF) are epithelial selective
ETS family transcription factors (TFs) encoded by genes at chr11p13, a region associated …