Role of proteases in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

KC Pandey, S De, PK Mishra - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is generally associated with progressive
destruction of airways and lung parenchyma. Various factors play an important role in the …

Biological and genetic mechanisms of COPD, its diagnosis, treatment, and relationship with lung cancer

KH Czarnecka-Chrebelska, D Mukherjee… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most prevalent chronic adult
diseases, with significant worldwide morbidity and mortality. Although long-term tobacco …

Alantolactone suppresses inflammation, apoptosis and oxidative stress in cigarette smoke-induced human bronchial epithelial cells through activation of Nrf2/HO-1 …

X Dang, B He, Q Ning, Y Liu, J Guo, G Niu… - Respiratory Research, 2020 - Springer
Background It is well established that airway remodeling and inflammation are
characteristics for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Moreover, cigarette …

Human mesenchymal stromal cells exert HGF dependent cytoprotective effects in a human relevant pre-clinical model of COPD

H Kennelly, BP Mahon, K English - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have potent immunomodulatory
and tissue reparative properties, which may be beneficial in the treatment of inflammatory …

miRNA‐206 regulates human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell apoptosis via targeting in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Y Sun, N An, J Li, J Xia, Y Tian, P Zhao… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death due to tis high
morbidity and mortality. microRNAs have emerged as new biomarkers for the prognosis and …

Proteases and their inhibitors in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

T Dey, J Kalita, S Weldon, CC Taggart - Journal of clinical medicine, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the context of respiratory disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the
leading cause of mortality worldwide. Despite much development in the area of drug …

Melatonin protects against COPD by attenuating apoptosis and endoplasmic reticulum stress via upregulating SIRT1 expression in rats

B He, W Zhang, J Qiao, Z Peng… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
The apoptosis of bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells plays a key role in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress induced by …

Airway epithelial cells exposed to wildfire smoke extract exhibit dysregulated autophagy and barrier dysfunction consistent with COPD

E Roscioli, R Hamon, SE Lester, HPA Jersmann… - Respiratory …, 2018 - Springer
Background Individuals with respiratory disease are being increasingly exposed to wildfire
smoke as populations encroach further into forested regions and climate change continues …

The role of oxidised self-lipids and alveolar macrophage CD1b expression in COPD

MP Ween, JB White, HB Tran, V Mukaro, C Jones… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) apoptotic bronchial epithelial cells are
increased, and their phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages (AM) is decreased alongside …

Complement component 3 protects human bronchial epithelial cells from cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress and prevents incessant apoptosis

Y Pei, J Zhang, J Qu, Y Rao, D Li, X Gai… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The complement component 3 (C3) is a pivotal element of the complement system and plays
an important role in innate immunity. A previous study showed that intracellular C3 was …