Cytokine
Rosuvastatin suppresses cytokine production and lung inflammation in asthmatic, hyperlipidemic and asthmatic-hyperlipidemic rat models.
Saadat S, Mohamadian Roshan N, Aslani MR, Boskabady MH
Given the role that T lymphocytes play on the pathogenesis of allergic asthma, drugs targeting Th2 and Th17 cells may be a hopeful therapeutic strateg ...
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Surg Pathol Clin
Pulmonary Cystic Disease and Its Mimics.
Jones KD
Cystic diseases of the lung encompass a fairly broad variety of different diseases with causes including genetic abnormalities, smoking-related proble ...
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Plant Sci.
Biotechnological, biomedical, and agronomical applications of plant protease inhibitors with high stability: A systematic review.
Cotabarren J, Lufrano D, Parisi MG, Obregón WD
Protease inhibitors (PIs) are regulatory proteins found in numerous animal tissues and fluids, plants, and microorganisms that reduce and inhibit the ...
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PLoS ONE
Chronic exposure to diesel particles worsened emphysema and increased M2-like phenotype macrophages in a PPE-induced model.
Moreira AR, Pereira de Castro TB, Kohler JB, Ito JT, de França Silva LE, Lourenço JD, Almeida RR, Santana FR, Brito JM, Rivero DHRF, Vale MICA, Prado CM, Câmara NOS, Saldiva PHN, Olivo CR, Lopes FDTQDS
Chronic exposure to ambient levels of air pollution induces respiratory illness exacerbation by increasing inflammatory responses and apoptotic cells ...
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Pharmacol Rep
The effect of statins and the synthetic LXR agonist T0901317 on expression of ABCA1 transporter protein in human lung epithelial cell lines in vitro.
He P, Smith A, Gelissen IC, Ammit AJ
The pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with dyslipidemia, an established co-morbidity. Statins treat hyperchol ...
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