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Zhou C, Li X, Wang C, Zhang J. Alopecia Areata: an Update on Etiopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2021; 61:403-423. [PMID: 34403083 DOI: 10.1007/s12016-021-08883-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Alopecia areata (AA) is a common chronic tissue-specific autoimmune disease, resulting in hair loss, that affects up to 2% of the general population. The exact pathobiology of AA has still remained elusive, while the common theory is the collapse of the immune privilege of the hair follicle caused by immunological mechanism. Multiple genetic and environment factors contribute to the pathogenesis of AA. There are several clinical treatments for AA, varying from one or multiple well-defined patches to more diffuse or total hair loss of the scalp (alopecia totalis) or hair loss of the entire body (alopecia universalis). The available treatments for AA, such as corticosteroids and other immunomodulators, minoxidil, and contact immunotherapy, are of limited efficacy with a high risk of adverse effects and high recurrence rates, especially for patients with severe AA. Recent insights into the pathogenesis of AA have led to the development of new treatment strategies, such as Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, biologics, and several small molecular agents. In addition, modern therapies for AA, including antihistamines, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection, and other novel therapies have been well explored. In this review, we discussed the recent advances in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of AA.
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- Cheng Zhou
- Department of Dermatology, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
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Drug repurposing screens reveal cell-type-specific entry pathways and FDA-approved drugs active against SARS-Cov-2. Cell Rep 2021; 35:108959. [PMID: 33811811 PMCID: PMC7985926 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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There is an urgent need for antivirals to treat the newly emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). To identify new candidates, we screen a repurposing library of ∼3,000 drugs. Screening in Vero cells finds few antivirals, while screening in human Huh7.5 cells validates 23 diverse antiviral drugs. Extending our studies to lung epithelial cells, we find that there are major differences in drug sensitivity and entry pathways used by SARS-CoV-2 in these cells. Entry in lung epithelial Calu-3 cells is pH independent and requires TMPRSS2, while entry in Vero and Huh7.5 cells requires low pH and triggering by acid-dependent endosomal proteases. Moreover, we find nine drugs are antiviral in respiratory cells, seven of which have been used in humans, and three are US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved, including cyclosporine. We find that the antiviral activity of cyclosporine is targeting Cyclophilin rather than calcineurin, revealing essential host targets that have the potential for rapid clinical implementation.
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Patel PM, Jones VA, Kridin K, Amber KT. The role of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 in cutaneous disease. Exp Dermatol 2020; 30:304-318. [PMID: 33131073 DOI: 10.1111/exd.14228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) is a multifunctional, transmembrane glycoprotein present on the cell surface of various tissues. It is present in multiple molecular forms including cell surface and soluble. The role of DPP4 and its inhibition in cutaneous dermatoses have been a recent point of investigation. DPP4 exerts a notable influence on T-cell biology, the induction of skin-specific lymphocytes, and the homeostasis between regulatory and effector T cells. Moreover, DPP4 interacts with a broad range of molecules, including adenosine deaminase, caveolin-1, CXCR4 receptor, M6P/insulin-like growth factor II-receptor and fibroblast activation protein-α, triggering downstream effects that modulate the immune response, cell adhesion and chemokine activity. DPP4 expression on melanocytes, keratinocytes and fibroblasts further alters cell function and, thus, has crucial implications in cutaneous pathology. As a result, DPP4 plays a significant role in bullous pemphigoid, T helper type 1-like reactions, cutaneous lymphoma, melanoma, wound healing and fibrotic disorders. This review illustrates the multifactorial role of DPP4 expression, regulation, and inhibition in cutaneous diseases.
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- Payal M Patel
- Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Palma G, Pasqua T, Silvestri G, Rocca C, Gualtieri P, Barbieri A, De Bartolo A, De Lorenzo A, Angelone T, Avolio E, Botti G. PI3Kδ Inhibition as a Potential Therapeutic Target in COVID-19. Front Immunol 2020; 11:2094. [PMID: 32973818 PMCID: PMC7472874 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.02094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The spread of the novel human respiratory coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is a global public health emergency. There is no known successful treatment as of this time, and there is a need for medical options to mitigate this current epidemic. SARS-CoV-2 uses the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor and is primarily trophic for the lower and upper respiratory tract. A number of current studies on COVID-19 have demonstrated the substantial increase in pro-inflammatory factors in the lungs during infection. The virus is also documented in the central nervous system and, particularly in the brainstem, which plays a key role in respiratory and cardiovascular function. Currently, there are few antiviral approaches, and several alternative drugs are under investigation. Two of these are Idelalisib and Ebastine, already proposed as preventive strategies in airways and allergic diseases. The interesting and evolving potential of phosphoinositide 3-kinase δ (PI3Kδ) inhibitors, together with Ebastine, lies in their ability to suppress the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1β, IL-8, IL-6, and TNF-α, by T cells. This may represent an optional therapeutic choice for COVID-19 to reduce inflammatory reactions and mortality, enabling patients to recover faster. This concise communication aims to provide new potential therapeutic targets capable of mitigating and alleviating SARS-CoV-2 pandemic infection.
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- Giuseppe Palma
- SSD Sperimentazione Animale, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale – IRCSS, Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Patho-Physiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Institute of Human Virology, Division of Infectious Agents and Cancer, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Patho-Physiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- School of Specialization in Food Science, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- SSD Sperimentazione Animale, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale – IRCSS, Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Patho-Physiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomics, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Patho-Physiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
- National Institute for Cardiovascular Research (INRC), Bologna, Italy
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- School of Specialization in Food Science, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
- Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomics, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- Scientific Director, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale – IRCSS, Naples, Italy
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Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Mediates Ebastine-Induced Human Follicle Dermal Papilla Cell Proliferation. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:6360503. [PMID: 30886861 PMCID: PMC6388311 DOI: 10.1155/2019/6360503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 12/31/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Ebastine is a second-generation histamine H1 receptor antagonist that is used to attenuate allergic inflammation. Ebastine has also shown to affect hair loss; however, the immunoregulatory effect of ebastine cannot completely exclude the possibility of spontaneous hair regrowth in ebastine-treated mice. In this study, we examined the effects of ebastine on the growth of human follicle dermal papilla cells (HFDPC) using a WST-1 cell proliferation assay and a bromodeoxyuridine incorporation assay. Ebastine was shown to significantly increase the proliferation of HFDPC. The expression levels of cell-cycle regulatory proteins and an antiapoptotic protein were increased in ebastine-treated HFDPC. Furthermore, elevated expression levels of phospho-AKT and phospho-p44/42 extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) were observed in ebastine-treated HFDPC. Ebastine-mediated HFDPC growth was completely reversed by blocking ERK kinase. The results from our present study suggest that the regulation of HFDPC proliferation by ebastine might be directly involved in hair regrowth through the ERK signaling pathway.
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Wouters MM, Balemans D, Van Wanrooy S, Dooley J, Cibert-Goton V, Alpizar YA, Valdez-Morales EE, Nasser Y, Van Veldhoven PP, Vanbrabant W, Van der Merwe S, Mols R, Ghesquière B, Cirillo C, Kortekaas I, Carmeliet P, Peetermans WE, Vermeire S, Rutgeerts P, Augustijns P, Hellings PW, Belmans A, Vanner S, Bulmer DC, Talavera K, Vanden Berghe P, Liston A, Boeckxstaens GE. Histamine Receptor H1-Mediated Sensitization of TRPV1 Mediates Visceral Hypersensitivity and Symptoms in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Gastroenterology 2016; 150:875-87.e9. [PMID: 26752109 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Histamine sensitizes the nociceptor transient reporter potential channel V1 (TRPV1) and has been shown to contribute to visceral hypersensitivity in animals. We investigated the role of TRPV1 in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and evaluated if an antagonist of histamine receptor H1 (HRH1) could reduce symptoms of patients in a randomized placebo-controlled trial. METHODS By using live calcium imaging, we compared activation of submucosal neurons by the TRPV1 agonist capsaicin in rectal biopsy specimens collected from 9 patients with IBS (ROME 3 criteria) and 15 healthy subjects. The sensitization of TRPV1 by histamine, its metabolite imidazole acetaldehyde, and supernatants from biopsy specimens was assessed by calcium imaging of mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons. We then performed a double-blind trial of patients with IBS (mean age, 31 y; range, 18-65 y; 34 female). After a 2-week run-in period, subjects were assigned randomly to groups given either the HRH1 antagonist ebastine (20 mg/day; n = 28) or placebo (n = 27) for 12 weeks. Rectal biopsy specimens were collected, barostat studies were performed, and symptoms were assessed (using the validated gastrointestinal symptom rating scale) before and after the 12-week period. Patients were followed up for an additional 2 weeks. Abdominal pain, symptom relief, and health-related quality of life were assessed on a weekly basis. The primary end point of the study was the effect of ebastine on the symptom score evoked by rectal distension. RESULTS TRPV1 responses of submucosal neurons from patients with IBS were potentiated compared with those of healthy volunteers. Moreover, TRPV1 responses of submucosal neurons from healthy volunteers could be potentiated by their pre-incubation with histamine; this effect was blocked by the HRH1 antagonist pyrilamine. Supernatants from rectal biopsy specimens from patients with IBS, but not from the healthy volunteers, sensitized TRPV1 in mouse nociceptive dorsal root ganglion neurons via HRH1; this effect could be reproduced by histamine and imidazole acetaldehyde. Compared with subjects given placebo, those given ebastine had reduced visceral hypersensitivity, increased symptom relief (ebastine 46% vs placebo 13%; P = .024), and reduced abdominal pain scores (ebastine 39 ± 23 vs placebo 62 ± 22; P = .0004). CONCLUSIONS In studies of rectal biopsy specimens from patients, we found that HRH1-mediated sensitization of TRPV1 is involved in IBS. Ebastine, an antagonist of HRH1, reduced visceral hypersensitivity, symptoms, and abdominal pain in patients with IBS. Inhibitors of this pathway might be developed as a new treatment approach for IBS. ClinicalTrials.gov no: NCT01144832.
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- Mira M Wouters
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Autoimmune Genetics Laboratory, Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation, Centre for Neuroscience and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Bart's and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Ion Channel Research and Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channel Research Platform, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein-Interaction, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Hepatology, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Drug Delivery and Disposition, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Neurovascular Link (Vesalius Research Center), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Neurovascular Link (Vesalius Research Center), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Laboratory for Clinical Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Drug Delivery and Disposition, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biostatistics and Centre of Statistical Bioinformatics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation, Centre for Neuroscience and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Bart's and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Ion Channel Research and Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channel Research Platform, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Autoimmune Genetics Laboratory, Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Ohyama M, Shimizu A, Tanaka K, Amagai M. Experimental evaluation of ebastine, a second-generation anti-histamine, as a supportive medication for alopecia areata. J Dermatol Sci 2010; 58:154-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2010.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2009] [Revised: 02/18/2010] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rico S, Antonijoan RM, Barbanoj MJ. Ebastine in the light of CONGA recommendations for the development of third-generation antihistamines. J Asthma Allergy 2009; 2:73-92. [PMID: 21437146 PMCID: PMC3048600 DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s3108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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In 2003 a consensus group on new-generation antihistamines (CONGA) defined the characteristics required for a third-generation H(1) antihistamine as there had been much controversy about this issue since the early 1990s. One of the antihistamines that had been claimed to belong to such a group is the second-generation antihistamine, ebastine. The objective of this review is to analyze the pharmacology of ebastine, in light of the CONGA recommendations for the development of new-generation antihistamines: (1) anti-inflammatory properties, (2) potency, efficacy and effectiveness, (3) lack of cardiotoxicity, (4) lack of drug interactions, (5) lack of CNS effects, and (6) pharmacological approach. Ebastine seems to have anti-inflammatory properties that help to ameliorate nasal congestion, though this has not yet been conclusively demonstrated. Its pharmacological-therapeutic profile does not differ greatly from that of other second-generation antihistamines. Its cardiac safety has been widely assessed and no cardiac toxicity has been found at therapeutic doses despite initial concerns. The risk of potentially relevant drug interactions has been investigated and ruled out. Ebastine does not produce sedation at therapeutic doses and drug interaction studies with classical CNS depressants have not demonstrated a synergistic effect. Pharmacologically, ebastine is an H(1) inverse agonist. Perhaps the answer to the quest for new-generation antihistamines lies not only in H(1) but in a combined approach with other histamine receptors.
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- S Rico
- Centre d’Investigació de Medicaments, Institut de Recerca; Servei de Farmacologia Clínica, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Farmacologia i Terapèutica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre d’Investigació de Medicaments, Institut de Recerca; Servei de Farmacologia Clínica, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Spain
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- Centre d’Investigació de Medicaments, Institut de Recerca; Servei de Farmacologia Clínica, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Farmacologia i Terapèutica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Spain
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Okamoto T, Iwata S, Ohnuma K, Dang NH, Morimoto C. Histamine H1-receptor antagonists with immunomodulating activities: potential use for modulating T helper type 1 (Th1)/Th2 cytokine imbalance and inflammatory responses in allergic diseases. Clin Exp Immunol 2009; 157:27-34. [PMID: 19659767 PMCID: PMC2710589 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.03958.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Being a first-line treatment for hypersensitivity allergic disease, histamine H1-receptor antagonists possess anti-inflammatory activity in addition to being H1-receptor antagonists. While it is not purely a histamine-related condition, hypersensitivity allergic disease is associated with an increase in the number of T helper type 2 (Th2) cells and Th2 cytokines, and a decrease in the number of Th1 cells and Th1 cytokines. Suppression of Th2-type cytokine production in addition to H1-receptor blockade may therefore represent a successful therapeutic strategy for the treatment of hypersensitivity allergic diseases. H1-receptor antagonists have been reported to modulate immune cascade at various points by acting on T cell-related inflammatory molecules, including adhesion molecules, chemokines and inflammatory cytokines. These effects of H1-receptor antagonists may be optimized for the treatment of allergic diseases. Besides their ability to regulate inflammatory molecules, some H1-receptor antagonists have been reported to down-regulate Th2 cytokine production. In particular, it has been shown that several H1-receptor antagonists specifically inhibit the production of Th2, but not Th1, cytokines. Accumulating evidence indicates a crucial role for Th1/Th2 cytokine imbalance on the development of allergic diseases. Accordingly, the use of H1-receptor antagonist with Th2 cytokine inhibitory activity to modulate Th1/Th2 cytokine imbalance might be a favourable strategy for the treatment of hypersensitivity allergic diseases. Furthermore, the identification of H1-receptor antagonists which possess immunoregulatory activities in addition to their anti-histamine activity will provide an important insight into the development of novel immunoregulatory drugs.
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- T Okamoto
- Division of Clinical Immunology, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Zhao Y, Makino T, Honda A, Shimizu H, Yamagishi S, Shimizu T. Carebastine, an H1-receptor antagonist, suppresses the expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor. Clin Exp Dermatol 2008; 33:785-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02843.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Iida H, Asada H, Yokoi S, Niizeki H, Yasuda Y, Miyagawa S, Kita E. Regulatory effects of antihistamines on the responses to staphylococcal enterotoxin B of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells and CD4+ T cells. J Dermatol Sci 2008; 52:31-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2008.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2007] [Revised: 03/10/2008] [Accepted: 04/07/2008] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Bryce PJ, Mathias CB, Harrison KL, Watanabe T, Geha RS, Oettgen HC. The H1 histamine receptor regulates allergic lung responses. J Clin Invest 2006; 116:1624-32. [PMID: 16680192 PMCID: PMC1448167 DOI: 10.1172/jci26150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2005] [Accepted: 03/07/2006] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Histamine, signaling via the type 1 receptor (H1R), has been shown to suppress Th2 cytokine production by in vitro cultured T cells. We examined the role of H1R in allergic inflammation in vivo using a murine asthma model. Allergen-stimulated splenic T cells from sensitized H1R-/- mice exhibited enhanced Th2 cytokine production. Despite this Th2 bias, allergen-challenged H1R-/- mice exhibited diminished lung Th2 cytokine mRNA levels, airway inflammation, goblet cell metaplasia, and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). Restoration of pulmonary Th2 cytokines in H1R-/- mice by intranasal IL-4 or IL-13 restored inflammatory lung responses and AHR. Further investigation revealed that histamine acts as a T cell chemotactic factor and defective T cell trafficking was responsible for the absence of lung inflammation. Cultured T cells migrated in response to histamine in vitro, but this was ablated by blockade of H1R but not H2R. In vivo, allergen-specific WT but not H1R-/- CD4+ T cells were recruited to the lungs of naive recipients following inhaled allergen challenge. H1R-/- T cells failed to confer airway inflammation or AHR observed after transfer of WT T cells. Our data establish a role for histamine and H1R in promoting the migration of Th2 cells into sites of allergen exposure.
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- Paul J Bryce
- Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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