Mechanisms of action of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine: implications for rheumatology

E Schrezenmeier, T Dörner - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2020 - nature.com
Despite widespread clinical use of antimalarial drugs such as hydroxychloroquine and
chloroquine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus …

Targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome in inflammatory diseases

MSJ Mangan, EJ Olhava, WR Roush… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
Danger signals are a hallmark of many common inflammatory diseases, and these stimuli
can function to activate the cytosolic innate immune signalling receptor NLRP3 (NOD-, LRR …

Therapeutic evolution of benzimidazole derivatives in the last quinquennial period

W Akhtar, MF Khan, G Verma… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Benzimidazole, a fused heterocycle bearing benzene and imidazole has gained
considerable attention in the field of contemporary medicinal chemistry. The moiety is of …

Inflammasome Signaling in Atrial Fibrillation: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

A Ajoolabady, S Nattel, GYH Lip, J Ren - Journal of the American College …, 2022 - jacc.org
As the most prevalent form of arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of heart
failure, thromboembolism, and stroke, contributing to the raising mortality and morbidity in …

Biological effects of interleukin‐6 on gingival fibroblasts: cytokine regulation in periodontitis

K Naruishi, T Nagata - Journal of cellular physiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Periodontitis is a bacterial infectious disease, and many inflammatory cytokines regulate
periodontitis pathophysiology through a crosstalk between tissue cells and immune cells …

Toll-like receptors and chronic inflammation in rheumatic diseases: new developments

LAB Joosten, S Abdollahi-Roodsaz… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
In the past few years, new developments have been reported on the role of Toll-like
receptors (TLRs) in chronic inflammation in rheumatic diseases. The inhibitory function of …

IRAK family in inflammatory autoimmune diseases

LC Su, WD Xu, AF Huang - Autoimmunity reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Innate immune signaling plays an important role in inflammation, and dysregulation of
signaling components within this pathway has been focused as a critical mediator in …

Inherited human IRAK-1 deficiency selectively impairs TLR signaling in fibroblasts

E Della Mina, A Borghesi, H Zhou… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Most members of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) and interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R) families
transduce signals via a canonical pathway involving the MyD88 adapter and the interleukin …

The specific NLRP3 antagonist IFM-514 decreases fibrosis and inflammation in experimental murine non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

S Torres, MJ Brol, F Magdaleno… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background and Aims: Activation of the inflammasome NLRP3 (NOD-, LRR-and pyrin
domain containing 3) contributes to the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …

A small molecule potent IRAK4 inhibitor abrogates lipopolysaccharide-induced macrophage inflammation in-vitro and in-vivo

SA Choudhary, D Patra, A Sinha, S Mazumder… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence supports vanillin and its analogs as potent toll-like receptor signaling
inhibitors that strongly attenuate inflammation, though, the underlying molecular mechanism …