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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Safranal Alleviated OVA-Induced Asthma Model and Inhibits Mast Cell Activation.

Peeraphong Lertnimitphun, Wenhui Zhang, Wenwei Fu, Baican Yang, Changwu Zheng, Man Yuan, Hua Zhou, Xue Zhang, Weizhong Pei, Yue Lu and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Peeraphong LertnimitphunSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Wenhui ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Wenwei FuSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Baican YangSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Changwu ZhengSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Man YuanSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hua ZhouShuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xue ZhangSaffron Department and International Trade Department, Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Weizhong PeiSaffron Department and International Trade Department, Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Yue LuSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hongxi XuSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital · CNShuguang Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Asthma is a chronic and recurring airway disease, which related to mast cell activation. Many compounds derived from Chinese herbal medicine has promising effects on stabilizing mast cells and decreasing inflammatory mediator production. Safranal, one of the active compounds from Methods: OVA-induced asthma and PSA model were used to evaluate the effect of safranal Results: Safranal reduced the level of serum IgE, the number of mast cells in lung tissue were decreased and Th1/Th2 cytokine levels were normalized in OVA-induced asthma model. Furthermore, safranal inhibited BMMCs degranulation and inhibited the production of LTC Conclusions: Safranal alleviates OVA-induced asthma, inhibits mast cell activation and PSA reaction. The possible mechanism occurs through the inhibition of the MAPKs and NF-κB pathways.

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AllergensAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAsthmaCell DegranulationCyclohexenesCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalDisease SusceptibilityFemaleImmunoglobulin EInflammation MediatorsMast CellsMiceNF-kappa BOvalbuminAllergensAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCyclohexenesCytokinesImmunoglobulin EInflammation MediatorsNF-kappa BOvalbuminsafranalTerpenesasthmaBMMCsCrocus sativuspassive systemic anaphylaxisSafranal

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