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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

α-Linolenic Acid Screened by Molecular Docking Attenuates Inflammation by Regulating Th1/Th2 Imbalance in Ovalbumin-Induced Mice of Allergic Rhinitis.

Mengyue Ren, Yi Wang, Lin Lin, Shaoqiang Li, Qinhai Ma

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. 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
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. The Role of Lipid Metabolism Disorders in Rhinitis and Asthma.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2026
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  3. Exploring the Effects ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  5. The therapeutic potential ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025
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  9. Phytochemical Characteristics and Anti-Inflammatory, Immunoregulatory, and Antioxidant Effects ofEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mengyue RenCollege of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Yi WangCollege of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Lin LinCollege of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Shaoqiang LiGuangdong Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou 510095, China.
Qinhai MaState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University · CNGuangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease · CN

Funding

Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau 2060206Guangdong Provincial Medical Science and Technology Research Fund A2020456National Natural Science Foundation of China 82004252
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α-Linolenic acid (ALA) is a natural essential fatty acid widely found in plant seed oils and beans, which shows positive anti-inflammatory and antiallergic effects. In our previous study, ALA was proven to bind tightly to the seven protein targets closely associated with allergic rhinitis (AR) by molecular docking, which indicates that ALA may have a potential role in the treatment of AR. A mouse model of AR induced by ovalbumin (OVA) was adopted in this study to explore the therapeutical effect and potential mechanism of ALA in treating AR. Results demonstrated that ALA remarkably relieved the nasal symptoms, reduced the OVA-sIgE level in the serum, relieved the histopathological injuries, and downregulated the mRNA expression levels of IL-6 and IL-1β in the nasal mucosa. ALA also remarkably moderated the imbalance of Th1/Th2 cells, increased the mRNA expression levels of T-bet and STAT1, and reduced GATA3 and STAT6. ALA was proven to have a substantial therapeutic effect on mice with AR, and the underlying mechanism was likely to be the regulation of Th1/Th2 imbalance through the JAK/T-bet/STAT1 and JAK/GATA3/STAT6 pathways. This study provides a specific experimental basis for the clinical use and drug development of ALA in the treatment of AR.

Indexed as

Anti-Allergic AgentsRhinitis, Allergicalpha-Linolenic AcidAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalInflammationInterleukin-6MiceMice, Inbred BALB CMolecular Docking SimulationNasal MucosaOvalbuminPlant OilsRNA, Messengeralpha-Linolenic AcidAnti-Allergic AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCytokinesInterleukin-6OvalbuminPlant OilsRNA, Messengerallergic rhinitismolecular dockingmouse modelTh1/Th2 imbalanceα-Linolenic acid

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PMID36144628
PMCPMC9501164
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