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Oxymatrine Inhibits Epithelial‐Mesenchymal Transition to Alleviate Airway Remodeling in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Suppressing the TGF‐β1/Smad Pathway

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the therapeutic efficacy of oxymatrine (OMT, C15H24N2O2) in a murine model of cigarette smoke (CS)‐induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and elucidated its underlying mechanisms. A COPD model was established in mice through prolonged exposure to CS, followed by intraperitoneal administration of OMT (50 mg/kg)
Shuang Zhou, Ju‐Xiang Zhu, Jing Li
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Comparative evaluation of serum alpha-1antitrypsin levels in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and in subjects with tobacco habit without carcinoma

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019
Aim/Objectives: To evaluate serum levels of Alpha-1 antitrypsin in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and compare them with that of healthy subjects with and without tobacco habits. Materials and Method: The sample of 83 subjects was divided into
Upasana S Ahuja, Nidhi Puri, Anjana Bagewadi, Vaishali Keluskar, Anshuman Ahuja, Harkanwal P Singh   +5 more
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All-atom simulations reveal how single point mutations promote serpin misfolding

, 2018
Protein misfolding is implicated in many diseases, including the serpinopathies. For the canonical inhibitory serpin {\alpha}1-antitrypsin (A1AT), mutations can result in protein deficiencies leading to lung disease, and misfolded mutants can accumulate ...
Beccara, Silvio a, Faccioli, Pietro, Gershenson, Anne, Ianeselli, Alan, Orioli, Simone, Spagnolli, Giovanni, Wang, Fang, Wintrode, Patrick L.   +7 more
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Protein glycosylation in lung cancer from a mass spectrometry perspective

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract Lung cancer is a severe disease for which better diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are urgently needed. Increasing evidence implies that aberrant protein glycosylation plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis and progression of lung cancer.
Mirjam Balbisi, Simon Sugár, Lilla Turiák   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distinct emphysema subtypes defined by quantitative CT analysis are associated with specific pulmonary matrix metalloproteinases. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Emphysema is characterised by distinct pathological sub-types, but little is known about the divergent underlying aetiology. Matrix-metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic enzymes that can degrade the extracellular matrix and have been ...
Bourne, S, Coombs, NA, Elkington, PT, Estepar, RS, Harden, S, Kim, V, Ostridge, K, Staples, KJ, Washko, G, Wilkinson, TM, Williams, N   +10 more
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Mass Spectrometry Structural Proteomics Enabled by Limited Proteolysis and Cross‐Linking

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The exploration of protein structure and function stands at the forefront of life science and represents an ever‐expanding focus in the development of proteomics. As mass spectrometry (MS) offers readout of protein conformational changes at both the protein and peptide levels, MS‐based structural proteomics is making significant strides in the
Haiyan Lu, Zexin Zhu, Lauren Fields, Hua Zhang, Lingjun Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alpha 1 antitrypsin to treat lung disease in alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency: recent developments and clinical implications

International Journal of COPD, 2018
Kenneth R Chapman,1 Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko,2 A Rembert Koczulla,3 Ilaria Ferrarotti,4 Noel G McElvaney5 1Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Department of Genetics and Clinical Immunology, National Institute of ...
Chapman KR, Chorostowska-Wynimko J, Koczulla AR, Ferrarotti I, McElvaney NG   +4 more
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and Pi*S and Pi*Z SERPINA1 variants are associated with asthma exacerbations

Pulmonology
Introduction and objectives Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. Asthma patients may experience potentially life-threatening episodic flare-ups, known as exacerbations, which may significantly contribute to the asthma burden. The Pi*S
Elena Martín-González, José M. Hernández-Pérez, José A. Pérez Pérez, Javier Pérez-García, Esther Herrera-Luis, Ruperto González-Pérez, Orelvis González-González, Elena Mederos-Luis, Inmaculada Sánchez-Machín, Paloma Poza-Guedes, Olaia Sardón, Paula Corcuera, María J. Cruz, Francisco J. González-Barcala, Carlos Martínez-Rivera, Joaquim Mullol, Xavier Muñoz, José M. Olaguibel, Vicente Plaza, Santiago Quirce, Antonio Valero, Joaquín Sastre, Javier Korta-Murua, Victoria del Pozo, Fabián Lorenzo-Díaz, Jesús Villar, María Pino-Yanes, Mario A. González-Carracedo   +27 more
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Biomarkers of systemic inflammation and growth in early infancy are associated with stunting in young Tanzanian children [PDF]

, 2018
Stunting can afflict up to one-third of children in resource-constrained countries. We hypothesized that low-grade systemic inflammation (defined as elevations in serum C-reactive protein or alpha-1-acid glycoprotein) in infancy suppresses the growth ...
Aboud, Said, Duggan, Christopher P., Fawzi, Wafaie W., Kisenge, Rodrick, Liu, Enju, Locks, Lindsey, Manji, Karim P., McDonald, Christine M., Sudfeld, Christopher, Syed, Sana   +9 more
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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Augmentation Therapy

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2013
The therapy of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is an example of a medical triumph over a common hereditary disease. Based on the understanding of the pathogens of the disease as a deficiency in liver production of alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) resulting from inherited genetic variation in both parental AAT genes, the knowledge that A1AT functions ...
Mark D, Wewers, Ronald G, Crystal
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