Purpose:Patients with multiple traumas are at high risk of developing respiratory complications,including pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome.Many pulmonary complications are associated with systemic inf...
supported by grants from the INSERM(Peyruchaud O),the UniversitéClaude Bernard Lyon 1(Peyruchaud O);and the ANR grant BoneTAX(Grant No.ANR-20-CE14-0036-01)(Peyruchaud O);Saier L was the recipient of a fellowship from the French Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche.Niazi H was supported by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.This work was funded in part by the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung(Levkau B).
Bioactive lipids constitute a large family of molecules considered as inflammatory mediators.Among them,lysophosphatidic acid(LPA),sphingosine 1-phosphate(S1P),and eicosanoids(prostanoids such as PGE2 and leukotrienes...
financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants Nos.91229204 and 81220108025);Major Project of Chinese National Programs for Fundamental Research and Development(No.2015CB910304);National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2012AA020302);National Basic Research Program of China(No.2012CB518005);National S&T Major Projects(Nos.2012ZX09103101-072,2014ZX09507002-001,and 2013ZX09507-001)
Human 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) is a well-validated drug target and its inhibitors are potential drugs for treating leukotriene-related disorders. Our previous work on structural optimization of the hit compound 2 from o...
supported by a grant from the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institution(JX10231801).
Background:The influence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae(MP)infection on bronchiolitis remains unclear.Additionally,reports on the efficacies of leukotriene receptor antagonists in the treatment of bronchiolitis have been in...
Supported by Major Research Project of Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Three-year Action Plan(ZYSNXD-CC-ZDYJ034);Shanghai Science and Technology Research Grant Program(No.12401905500);Shanghai Health Bureau Medical Research Fund Grant Program(No.2006L032A)
OBJECTIVE: To explore the regulatory effects of es- tablished Chinese herbal formulas on inflammatory mediators released during asthma attacks, and to elucidate the molecular mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine...
Inflammatory lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are common and difficult to diagnose and characterize. This is due in large part to difficulty in obtaining samples directly from the...
BACKGROUND:Genetic variations of the 5-lipoxygenase activating protein and leukotriene A4 hydrolase genes that confer an increased risk of ischemic stroke have implicated the family of leukotrienes as potential mediat...
Background Leukotrienes are arachidonic acid derivatives long known for their inflammatory properties. Leukotriene- based inflammation has been demonstrated to play a crucial role in atherosclerosis, a major risk fact...
Resveratrol, a polyphenol abundant in peanuts, red wine and the skin of grapes, has been shown to have anti-cancer, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, and may also have beneficial effects on allergic infla...
supported by Research Foundation of Jiangsu Province Hygiene Committee(H201005)
BACKGROUND:5-1ipoxygenase protein (ALOX5AP) has been recognized as a susceptibility gene for stroke and coronary artery diseases. The present study was to explore the role of this gene in the eastern Chinese patien...