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16918354

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-21
pubmed:abstractText
Lower airways inflammation is a central feature of many lung diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pneumonia. Although the specific characteristics of the inflammatory responses and the site of inflammation differ between one disease to another, they always involve recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells and changes in structural cells of the lung. Inflammatory responses are associated with an increased expression of a cascade of proteins including cytokines, chemokines, growth factors, enzymes, adhesion molecules and receptors. In most cases the increased expression of these proteins is the result of enhanced gene transcription: many of these genes are not expressed in normal cells under resting conditions but they are induced in the inflammatory process in a cell-specific manner. Transcription factors regulate the expression of many pro-inflammatory genes and play a key role in the pathogenesis of airway inflammation. Many studies have suggested a role for viral infections not only as a causative agent of pneumonia but also of asthma and COPD exacerbations. In this review we will provide an overview of the relationship between common respiratory viral infections and the molecular mechanisms involved in the activation of airway inflammation and on the regulation of transcription factors in these inflammatory respiratory diseases. The relative importance of each transcription factor will be certainly greatly clarified in the next few years with the growing availability of specific inhibitors capable of blocking activation of a specific transcription factor. Clearly this is an exciting new area of ongoing research with promising therapeutic potential.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0929-8673
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2267-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-2-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular mechanisms of respiratory virus-induced asthma and COPD exacerbations and pneumonia.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro di Ricerca su Asma e BPCO, University of Ferrara, Italy. crm@unife.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't