Alveolar macrophages in the resolution of inflammation, tissue repair, and tolerance to infection

B Allard, A Panariti, JG Martin - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Pathogen persistence in the respiratory tract is an important preoccupation, and of particular
relevance to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis. The equilibrium between elimination …

Therapeutic Potential of Hematopoietic Prostaglandin D2 Synthase in Allergic Inflammation

S Rittchen, A Heinemann - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, there is a rise in the prevalence of allergic diseases, and novel efficient
therapeutic approaches are still needed to alleviate disease burden. Prostaglandin D2 …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibiting eicosanoid degradation exerts antifibrotic effects in a pulmonary fibrosis mouse model and human tissue

T Bärnthaler, A Theiler, D Zabini, S Trautmann… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease with high 5-year mortality and
few therapeutic options. Prostaglandin (PG) E 2 exhibits antifibrotic properties and is …

[HTML][HTML] The complex roles of efferocytosis in cancer development, metastasis, and treatment

A Tajbakhsh, A Movahedpour, A Savardashtaki… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
When tumor cells are killed by targeted therapy, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy, they trigger
their primary tumor by releasing pro-inflammatory cytokines. Microenvironmental …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage COX2 mediates efferocytosis, resolution reprogramming, and intestinal epithelial repair

D Meriwether, AE Jones, JW Ashby… - Cellular and molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and Aims Phagocytosis (efferocytosis) of apoptotic neutrophils by macrophages
anchors the resolution of intestinal inflammation. Efferocytosis prevents secondary necrosis …

The role of PGE2 and EP receptors on lung's immune and structural cells; possibilities for future asthma therapy

D Cebulla, C Van Geffen, S Kolahian - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Asthma is the most common airway chronic disease with treatments aimed mainly to control
the symptoms. Adrenergic receptor agonists, corticosteroids and anti-leukotrienes have …

Therapeutic potential of exosomes in pulmonary fibrosis

L Xie, Y Zeng - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary fibrosis is closely associated with the recruitment of fibroblasts from capillary
vessels with damaged endothelial cells, the epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) of type …

[HTML][HTML] The therapeutic potential of CRTH2/DP2 beyond allergy and asthma

K Jandl, A Heinemann - Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators, 2017 - Elsevier
Prostaglandin (PG) D 2 has been in the focus of research for quite a long time, but its
biological effects and its roles in human disease are still not fully characterized. When in …

Tumor microenvironment as a therapeutic target in melanoma treatment

N Kharouf, TW Flanagan, SY Hassan, H Shalaby… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As a solid tumor, melanoma is not only a tumor mass of monolithic tumor
cells, but it also contains supporting stroma, extracellular matrix (ECM), and soluble …

Programming of macrophages by UV-irradiated apoptotic cancer cells inhibits cancer progression and lung metastasis

YB Kim, YH Ahn, JH Jung, YJ Lee, JH Lee… - Cellular & molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Apoptotic cell clearance by phagocytes is essential in tissue homeostasis. We demonstrated
that conditioned medium (CM) from macrophages exposed to apoptotic cancer cells inhibits …