Inflammation

January 18, 2016January 19, 2016

In Cystic Fibrosis-Related Inflammation, Link Found to Specific Immune Cells and a Protein

Cystic Fibrosis, News

In a new study, researchers at the University of North Carolina discovered that alveolar macrophages — specific immune cells — and a protein called XBP-1 are responsible for the exacerbated inflammation ... Read more

January 7, 2016January 8, 2016

Protein May Act as Brake on COPD- and Asthma-related Inflammation

COPD, News

In a new study, researchers described how the protein CYLD is critical to the control of pathogen-induced inflammatory response, namely by targeting MyD88, a protein essential to the body’s immune response against ... Read more

October 20, 2015November 5, 2015

Bacteria’s Adaptive Changes to Cystic Fibrosis May Contribute to Chronic Lung Disease Development

Cystic Fibrosis, News

In a recent study, Canadian and U.S. scientists investigated the effects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lasR mutations on inflammatory responses in an epithelial cell line, mice and CF patients. Their study, entitled ... Read more

August 20, 2015November 6, 2015

Asthma Treatment Found To Be More Efficient When Targeting Two Cytokine Subsets

Asthma, News

In a new study entitled “TH2 and TH17 inflammatory pathways are reciprocally regulated in asthma,” authors suggest that asthma patients can be divided into three clusters, according to the expression ... Read more

July 21, 2015November 5, 2015

Antibiotic Treatments Found To Reduce But Not Eliminate Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Colonization in Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis, News

In a recent study entitled “Changes of Proteases, Antiproteases, and Pathogens in Cystic Fibrosis Patients’ Upper and Lower Airways after IV-Antibiotic Therapy,” authors highlight the alterations in the balance between proteases/antiproteases ... Read more

July 20, 2015November 6, 2015

Silica Nanoparticles Found to Induce Airway Inflammation in Mice Models of Asthma, Bronchitis

Asthma, News

A new study led by researchers at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Korea recently revealed that silica nanoparticles can induce airway inflammation in mice. The study was published in ... Read more

July 9, 2015November 5, 2015

New Insights Into the Role of Thiocyanate in Cystic Fibrosis Revealed in Study

Cystic Fibrosis, News

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently revealed new insights into the development of cystic fibrosis (CF) and other disorders linked to inflammation based on the role played by the thiocyanate ... Read more

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015

Lung Diseases Found to Be Primarily Linked to Defects in Stem Cells and Not to Inflammation as Previously Thought

Emphysema, News

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine recently revealed a link between certain lung diseases and individuals whose telomeres in the chromosomes of lung stem cells are not ... Read more

March 4, 2015November 6, 2015

Targeting CCL28 Protein Structure May Help Prevent Asthma, Study Shows

Asthma, News

In a new study entitled “Structure-Function Analysis of CCL28 in the Development of Post-viral Asthma,” researchers identified that a chemokine protein structure, CCL28, is a key factor in the development ... Read more

January 20, 2015November 10, 2015

Invion Ltd. Announces Interim Data from Smoking Cessation Drug Study with INV102 (Nadolol)

COPD, News

Melbourne-based Invion Limited, a clinical-stage drug development company focused on the development of treatments for major market opportunities in inflammatory diseases including asthma, chronic bronchitis and lupus, has just announced favorable ... Read more