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ArticleClinical and translational medicine2020

PI3K inhibitor treatment ameliorates the glucocorticoid insensitivity of PBMCs in severe asthma.

Jing Bi, Zhihui Min, Honglei Yuan, Zhilong Jiang, Ruolin Mao, Tao Zhu, Chunfang Liu, Yuzhen Zeng, Juan Song, Chunling Du and 1 more

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Article in Clinical and translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jing BiRespiratory Division of Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, China.
Zhihui MinResearch Center of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Honglei YuanRespiratory Division of Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, China.
Zhilong JiangRespiratory Division of Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, China.
Ruolin MaoRespiratory Division of Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, China.
Tao ZhuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Chunfang LiuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yuzhen ZengRespiratory Division of Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, China.
Juan SongRespiratory Division of Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, China.
Chunling DuRespiratory Division of Qingpu Hospital Affiliated to Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China. du.chunling@zs-hospital.sh.cn.
Zhihong ChenRespiratory Division of Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, China. chen.zhihong@zs-hospital.sh.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6048-5917
Fudan University · CNDalian Medical University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81470211National Natural Science Foundation of China 81870035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlucocorticoid (GC) insensitivity is an important feature of severe and fatal asthma. Oxidative stress can induce phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) activation, contributing to the development of GC insensitivity in chronic airway diseases. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of PI3K in the pathogenesis of severe asthma remains unknown.

methodsWe isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 34 participants (12 patients with mild/moderate asthma, 10 patients with severe asthma, and 12 control subjects). H

resultsPBMCs from patients with severe asthma exhibited dose-dependent and time-dependent GC insensitivity, which correlated with reduced activity of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) (p < 0.05) and elevated expression of proinflammatory genes [nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and activator protein-1 (AP-1)] (p < 0.01) compared with these parameters in the control group. The PI3K inhibitors (BZE235 and LY294002) significantly restored the GC sensitivity of PBMCs from patients with severe asthma. In vitro, the PI3K inhibitors (BZE235 and LY294002) ameliorated GC insensitivity in H

conclusionsThis study demonstrates that PI3K inhibitors ameliorate GC insensitivity in severe asthma by restoring HDAC2 activity and inhibiting the phosphorylation of nuclear signaling transcription factors.

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Oxidative stressPhosphoinositide-3-kinaseSevere asthma

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PMID32112175
PMCPMC7048898
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