Editorial, Tumor necrosis factor alpha-mediated asthma?
Editorial, Tumor necrosis factor alpha-mediated asthma?
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社论,肿瘤坏死因子α介导的哮喘?
DOI:
10.1159/000342420
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发表时间:
2013
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通讯作者:
Takeshi Nabe
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作者:
Yang Cao;Masanori Fujii;Keiichi Ishihara;Satoshi Akiba;Hiroyuki Yasui;Takeshi Nabe;Takeshi Nabe
According to established knowledge, the mechanisms of allergic asthma are as follows: when an inhaled allergen penetrates the airway epithelium, it is detected by dendritic cells, which migrate to the lymph node and present the processed antigen to T cells, and B cells start to produce antigen-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE). IgE binds to Fcε receptors on a variety of cell types including mast cells and basophils. When an allergic individual is subsequently exposed to the specific allergen, the allergen binds to the specific IgE on the cells, causing activation of mast cells and basophils to release chemical mediators, such as histamine, arachidonic acid metabolites and proteases into the airway tissue. These mediators cause an early asthmatic response, which is an airway obstruction induced within 30 min after allergen exposure. There is also a specific population of asthmatic subjects which exhibits a late asthmatic response, ie an airway obstruction triggered several hours after allergen challenge and persisting for a relatively long time.The late asthmatic response has been thought to be based on airway inflammation orchestrated by Th2 cells and eosinophils [1]. In addition to the early and late asthmatic responses, Th2-biased airway inflammation leads to airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to nonspecific stimuli and structural remodeling of airway tissues. Various experimental models reproduce these phenotypes of asthma.