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ArticleRespiratory research2010

Inhaled salmeterol and/or fluticasone alters structure/function in a murine model of allergic airways disease.

Erik P Riesenfeld, Michael J Sullivan, John A Thompson-Figueroa, Hans C Haverkamp, Lennart K Lundblad, Jason H T Bates, Charles G Irvin

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Article in Respiratory research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Erik P RiesenfeldVermont Lung Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA. Erik.Riesenfeld@uvm.edu
Michael J Sullivan
John A Thompson-Figueroa
Hans C Haverkamp
Lennart K Lundblad
Jason H T Bates
Charles G Irvin

Funding

Multidisciplinary Training in Lung BiologyT32HL076122 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI IRVIN, CHARLES G, POYNTER, MATTHEW E · 2004 to 2023
$6.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32-HL076122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe relationship between airway structural changes (remodeling) and airways hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is unclear. Asthma guidelines suggest treating persistent asthma with inhaled corticosteroids and long acting beta-agonists (LABA). We examined the link between physiological function and structural changes following treatment fluticasone and salmeterol separately or in combination in a mouse model of allergic asthma.

methodsBALB/c mice were sensitized to intraperitoneal ovalbumin (OVA) followed by six daily inhalation exposures. Treatments included 9 daily nebulized administrations of fluticasone alone (6 mg/ml), salmeterol (3 mg/ml), or the combination fluticasone and salmeterol. Lung impedance was measured following methacholine inhalation challenge. Airway inflammation, epithelial injury, mucus containing cells, and collagen content were assessed 48 hours after OVA challenge. Lungs were imaged using micro-CT. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Treatment of allergic airways disease with fluticasone alone or in combination with salmeterol reduced AHR to approximately naüve levels while salmeterol alone increased elastance by 39% compared to control. Fluticasone alone and fluticasone in combination with salmeterol both reduced inflammation to near naive levels. Mucin containing cells were also reduced with fluticasone and fluticasone in combination with salmeterol.

conclusionsFluticasone alone and in combination with salmeterol reduces airway inflammation and remodeling, but salmeterol alone worsens AHR: and these functional changes are consistent with the concomitant changes in mucus metaplasia.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAdministration, InhalationAlbuterolAndrostadienesAnimalsAsthmaDrug CombinationsFemaleFluticasone-Salmeterol Drug CombinationGlucocorticoidsHumansLungMiceMice, Inbred BALB CAlbuterolAndrostadienesDrug CombinationsFluticasone-Salmeterol Drug CombinationGlucocorticoids

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PMID20181256
PMCPMC2841146

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