The molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoids-mediated neutrophil survival.

Abstract:

:Neutrophil-dominated inflammation plays an important role in many airway diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiolitis and cystic fibrosis. In cases of asthma where neutrophil-dominated inflammation is a major contributing factor to the disease, treatment with corticosteroids can be problematic as corticosteroids have been shown to promote neutrophil survival which, in turn, accentuates neutrophilic inflammation. In light of such cases, novel targeted medications must be developed that could control neutrophilic inflammation while still maintaining their antibacterial/anti-fungal properties, thus allowing individuals to maintain effective innate immune responses to invading pathogens. The aim of this review is to describe the molecular mechanisms of neutrophil apoptosis and how these pathways are modulated by glucocorticoids. These new findings are of potential clinical value and provide further insight into treatment of neutrophilic inflammation in lung disease.

journal_name

Curr Drug Targets

journal_title

Current drug targets

authors

Saffar AS,Ashdown H,Gounni AS

doi

10.2174/138945011794751555

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-04-01 00:00:00

pages

556-62

issue

4

eissn

1389-4501

issn

1873-5592

journal_volume

12

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