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ArticleBioscience reports2020

Eupatilin alleviates airway remodeling via regulating phenotype plasticity of airway smooth muscle cells.

Yanqi Li, Rong Ren, Lijun Wang, Kan Peng

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Article in Bioscience reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yanqi LiDepartment of Respiratory, Xi'an Children's Hospital, Xi'an 710003, Shaanxi Province, P.R. China.
Rong RenDepartment of Otolaryngological, Hospital of Northwest Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, Shaanxi Province, P.R. China.
Lijun WangDepartment of Respiratory, Xi'an Children's Hospital, Xi'an 710003, Shaanxi Province, P.R. China.
Kan PengDepartment of Joint Surgery, Xi'an Hong Hui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710054, Shaanxi Province, P.R. China.
Xi’an Children’s Hospital · CNNorthwestern Polytechnical University · CNXi'an Honghui Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Childhood asthma is a common chronic airway disease, and its severe form remains a challenge. Eupatilin is a bioactive natural flavone that has been found to possess potential anti-asthma activity. However, the roles of eupatilin in asthma remain to be elucidated. In the present study, airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) were applied for the in vitro investigation since their phenotype plasticity make great contribution to airway remodeling during asthma pathogenesis. Our results showed that eupatilin suppressed the transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1)-induced proliferation and migration of ASMCs. Exposure of ASMCs to eupatilin increased the expressions of contractile markers smooth muscle α-actin (α-SMA) and myocardin, whereas expressions of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins type I collagen (Coll I) and fibronectin were reduced. Furthermore, eupatilin treatment reversed the activation of nuclear factor-κ B (NF-κB), signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and AKT pathways caused by TGF-β1 in ASMCs. These findings suggested that eupatilin might attenuate airway remodeling via regulating phenotype plasticity of ASMCs.

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ActinsAirway RemodelingAsthmaCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCollagen Type IFlavonoidsHumansMyocardinMyocytes, Smooth MuscleNF-kappa BNuclear ProteinsPhenotypeRespiratory SystemSignal TransductionSTAT3 Transcription FactorActinsCollagen Type IeupatilinFlavonoidsMyocardinNF-kappa BNuclear ProteinsSTAT3 Transcription FactorTrans-ActivatorsTransforming Growth Factor beta1airway remodelingChildhood asthmaeupatilinnuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB)phenotype plasticitysignal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3)

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PMID31913462
PMCPMC6970064
OpenAlexW3000012288

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