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ReviewPharmacology & therapeutics2016

Bronchoprotection and bronchorelaxation in asthma: New targets, and new ways to target the old ones.

Tonio Pera, Raymond B Penn

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Review in Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Bitter Taste Receptors in the Airway Cells Functions.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2022
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  14. OGR1-dependent regulation of the allergen-induced asthma phenotype.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2021
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  17. Cooperativity between β-agonists and c-Abl inhibitors in regulating airway smooth muscle relaxation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2021
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  18. Can GPCRs Be Targeted to Control Inflammation in Asthma?Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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  19. Enlightening Ways to Relax Airway Smooth Muscle: Opsins.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tonio PeraCenter for Translational Medicine and Jane and Leonard Korman Lung Center, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: tonio.pera@jefferson.edu.
Raymond B PennCenter for Translational Medicine and Jane and Leonard Korman Lung Center, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: raymond.penn@jefferson.edu.
Thomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

Project 4 - OGR1- and TSPO- dependent mechanisms mediated by benzodiazepines affecting ASM contractionP01HL114471 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LIGGETT, STEPHEN B · 2013 to 2023
$23.9M
G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling in Airway Smooth MuR01HL058506 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RAYMOND B. PENN · 2001 to 2026
$9.3M
Optimizing Beta-Adrenoceptor Signaling Bias in AsthmaR01AI110007 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BOND, RICHARD AGUSTIN, PENN, RAYMOND B. · 2014 to 2018
$3.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL114471NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL058506NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI110007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite over 50years of inhaled beta-agonists and corticosteroids as the default management or rescue drugs for asthma, recent research suggests that new therapeutic options are likely to emerge. This belief stems from both an improved understanding of what causes and regulates airway smooth muscle (ASM) contraction, and the identification of new targets whose inhibition or activation can relax ASM. In this review we discuss the recent findings that provide new insight into ASM contractile regulation, a revolution in pharmacology that identifies new ways to "tune" G protein-coupled receptors to improve therapeutic efficacy, and the discovery of several novel targets/approaches capable of effecting bronchoprotection or bronchodilation.

Indexed as

Adrenal Cortex HormonesAdrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsAsthmaBronchodilator AgentsChloride ChannelsHumansInflammationMuscle ContractionMuscle, SmoothPhosphodiesterase InhibitorsReceptor, PAR-2Receptors, Calcium-SensingReceptors, GABAReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, LeukotrieneReceptors, Prostaglandin EAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsBronchodilator AgentsChloride Channelsleukotriene D4 receptorPhosphodiesterase InhibitorsReceptor, PAR-2Receptors, Calcium-SensingReceptors, GABAReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, LeukotrieneReceptors, Prostaglandin Erho-Associated KinasesAirway smooth muscleAsthmaBiased agonismBronchodilationGPCRInhaled corticosteroids

Identifiers

PMID27113408
PMCPMC4942340
OpenAlexW2342560946

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