Sarcoidosis: Updates on therapeutic drug trials and novel treatment approaches

ON Obi, LA Saketkoo, AM Russell… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. It
affects the lungs in over 90% of patients yet extra-pulmonary and multi-organ involvement is …

Immune mechanisms in fibrotic pulmonary sarcoidosis

P Weeratunga, DR Moller, LP Ho - European Respiratory …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Sarcoidosis is an immune-mediated disorder. Its immunopathology has been steadily
mapped out over the past few decades. Despite this, the underpinning mechanisms for …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics reveal aberrant lymphoid developmental programs driving granuloma formation

T Krausgruber, A Redl, D Barreca, K Doberer… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Granulomas are lumps of immune cells that can form in various organs. Most granulomas
appear unstructured, yet they have some resemblance to lymphoid organs. To better …

Developmental drugs for sarcoidosis

ON Obi, LA Saketkoo, LA Maier, RP Baughman - Journal of Autoimmunity, 2024 - Elsevier
Sarcoidosis is a multi-organ granulomatous inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. Over
50% of patients will require treatment at some point in their disease and 10%–30% will …

Sarcoidosis and autoimmunity

M Song, M Manansala, PJ Parmar… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Advancements in the understanding of sarcoidosis support its consideration as an
autoimmune disease. Sarcoidosis patients carry a higher risk of comorbid autoimmune …

Hypoxia promotes a mixed inflammatory-fibrotic macrophages phenotype in active sarcoidosis

F Jeny, JF Bernaudin, D Valeyre… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Macrophages are pivotal cells in sarcoidosis. Monocytes-derived (MD)
macrophages have recently been demonstrated to play a major role especially in pulmonary …

Biologic and advanced immunomodulating therapeutic options for sarcoidosis: a clinical update

ON Obi, EE Lower, RP Baughman - Expert Review of Clinical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a multi-organ disease with a wide range of clinical
manifestations and outcomes. A quarter of sarcoidosis patients require long-term treatment …

Pentraxin 3 inhibits complement-driven macrophage activation to restrain granuloma formation in sarcoidosis

RA Goncales, HN Bastos, C Duarte-Oliveira… - American Journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic inflammatory disease characterized by the
formation of granulomas in response to persistent stimuli. The long pentraxin PTX3 …

The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system regulates sarcoidosis granulomatous inflammation

ED Crouser, MW Julian, LW Locke, S Bicer… - American Journal of …, 2024 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disorder of unclear cause notable for abnormal
elevation of blood and tissue ACE1 (angiotensin converting enzyme 1) levels and activity …

[HTML][HTML] Molecularly targeted therapies for inflammatory cutaneous granulomatous disorders: a review of the evidence and implications for understanding disease …

E Hwang, M Abdelghaffar, BE Shields, W Damsky - JID Innovations, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-infectious inflammatory cutaneous granulomatous diseases including granuloma
annulare (GA), cutaneous sarcoidosis (CS), and necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) are diverse …