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ArticleJournal of inflammation (London, England)2010

HE3286, an oral synthetic steroid, treats lung inflammation in mice without immune suppression.

Douglas Conrad, Angela Wang, Raymond Pieters, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Katia Mangano, Anna M van Heeckeren, Steven K White, James M Frincke, Christopher L Reading, Dwight Stickney and 1 more

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Article in Journal of inflammation (London, England), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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11 authors.

Douglas ConradHarbor Biosciences, 9171 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 180, San Diego, CA 92122, USA. dauci@harborbiosciences.com.
Angela Wang
Raymond Pieters
Ferdinando Nicoletti
Katia Mangano
Anna M van Heeckeren
Steven K White
James M Frincke
Christopher L Reading
Dwight Stickney
Dominick L Auci

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background17α-Ethynyl-5-androsten-3β, 7β, 17β-triol (HE3286) is a synthetic derivative of an endogenous steroid androstenetriol (β-AET), a metabolite of the abundant adrenal steroid deyhdroepiandrosterone (DHEA), with broad anti-inflammatory activities. We tested the ability of this novel synthetic steroid with improved pharmacological properties to limit non-productive lung inflammation in rodents and attempted to gauge its immunological impact. METHODS AND

resultsIn mice, oral treatment with HE3286 (40 mg/kg) significantly (p < 0.05) decreased neutrophil counts and exudate volumes (~50%) in carrageenan-induced pleurisy, and myeloperoxidase in lipopolysaccharide-induced lung injury. HE3286 (40 mg/kg) was not found to be profoundly immune suppressive in any of the classical animal models of immune function, including those used to evaluate antigen specific immune responses in vivo (ovalbumin immunization). When mice treated for two weeks with HE3286 were challenged with K. pneumoniae, nearly identical survival kinetics were observed in vehicle-treated, HE3286-treated and untreated groups.

conclusionsHE3286 represents a novel, first-in-class anti-inflammatory agent that may translate certain benefits of β-AET observed in rodents into treatments for chronic inflammatory pulmonary disease.

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PMCPMC2984480

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