Anti-inflammatory mechanisms of leukotriene modulators
Anti-inflammatory mechanisms of leukotriene modulators
Models to explain the cytokine and chemokine mechanisms of airway eosinophilia in asthma must now take into account the definitive evidence from clinical trials of specific leukotriene modulators that cysteinyl-LTs make a substantial, perhaps even the predominant, contribution to eosinophil migration in vivo. Indeed, until the advent of clinical trials of relevant cytokine antagonists, the leukotriene modulators may remain the only family of drugs with a known and specific mechanism of action that are capable of suppressing airway and blood eosinophilia. Recent evidence that at least part of the eosinophilic activity of cys-LTs may depend on secondary release of eosinophilopoietic cytokines such as IL-5 by T lymphocytes and other cells [9,38] should promote further study of the effects of cys-LTs on cytokine expression in leucocytes and airway cells.
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Diamant, Z.
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Sampson, A. P.
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24 December 2001
Diamant, Z.
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Sampson, A. P.
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Abstract
Models to explain the cytokine and chemokine mechanisms of airway eosinophilia in asthma must now take into account the definitive evidence from clinical trials of specific leukotriene modulators that cysteinyl-LTs make a substantial, perhaps even the predominant, contribution to eosinophil migration in vivo. Indeed, until the advent of clinical trials of relevant cytokine antagonists, the leukotriene modulators may remain the only family of drugs with a known and specific mechanism of action that are capable of suppressing airway and blood eosinophilia. Recent evidence that at least part of the eosinophilic activity of cys-LTs may depend on secondary release of eosinophilopoietic cytokines such as IL-5 by T lymphocytes and other cells [9,38] should promote further study of the effects of cys-LTs on cytokine expression in leucocytes and airway cells.
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