Lipid-lowering drug targets and lung related diseases: a Mendelian randomization study by Haifeng Yu, Xiaofei Zhang, Bian Wen, Shuo Hu, Bin Ni

“…RESULTS Our study did not find any significant association between genetically proxied APOB, CETP, HMGCR, NPCIL, PCSK9, and LDLR inhibition (equivalent to a one standard deviation reduction in LDL-C) with the risk of Small Cell Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and Pneumonia (P > 0.05). However, long-term inhibition of NPC1L that mimics the use of statin drugs may have contradictory effects on pulmonary edema (OR = 0.508, 95%CI = 0.328–0.786,P = 0.002) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OR = 1.524, 95%CI = 1.099–2.115, P = 0.012). …”
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Dynamic Changes in Lung Function and Imaging in Patients with COVID-19 by Lingyan Ye, Bingyu Hu, Shuangxiang Lin, Meifang Chen, Yicheng Fang, Susu He

“…Three months after being clinically cured, patients with COVID-19 had good chest imaging absorption and no residual fibrosis. Some patients had mild to moderate pulmonary dysfunction, mainly restricted ventilation dysfunction, small airway dysfunction, and diffuse dysfunction.…”
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Managing Post COVID-19 Patient with Breathlessness by Yen Shen Wong, Muhammad Amin Ibrahim, Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Mohd Fauzi Abdul Rani

“…Multidisciplinary team discussion concluded it as interstitial pneumonia with COVID-19 OP and fibrosis progression. Prednisolone was stopped and he responded well with antibiotics. …”
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Roles of retinoic acid-related orphan receptor α in high glucose-induced cardiac fibroblasts proliferation by Wenqing San, Qianyou Zhou, Danning Shen, Danyi Cao, Yun Chen, Guoliang Meng

“…Diabetic cardiomyopathy, characterized by myocardial fibrosis, is a common complication of diabetes. Retinoic acid-related orphan receptor α (RORα) participates in various pathological and physiological cardiovascular processes. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of alcohol use disorder and alcoholic liver disease by Oluwatofunmi A. Abiola, Collin M. Lehmann, Khaled Moussawi, Hawre Jalal

“…However, for advanced ALD patients, defined as fibrosis stage 3 or beyond DBS becomes cost-effective. …”
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Emerging PPARγ-Independent Role of PPARγ Ligands in Lung Diseases by Ajit A. Kulkarni, Collynn F. Woeller, Thomas H. Thatcher, Sesquile Ramon, Richard P. Phipps, Patricia J. Sime

“…PPARγ ligands show great promise in moderating lung inflammation, as antiproliferative agents in combination to enhance standard chemotherapy in lung cancer and as treatments for pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive fatal disease with no effective therapy. …”
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Unveiling Genital Tuberculosis: India’s hidden Infertility Epidemic by Yashvanthan VR, Angeline Grace G, Sujitha P, Ilam Ilaval T, Hariharan S

“…Hematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis leads to chronic inflammation, fibrosis, and scarring of reproductive organs, resulting in irreversible damage. …”
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TGFβ1 Controls PPARγ Expression, Transcriptional Potential, and Activity, in Part, through Smad3 Signaling in Murine Lung Fibroblasts by Allan Ramirez, Erin N. Ballard, Jesse Roman

“…Transforming growth factor β1 (TGFβ1) promotes fibrosis by, among other mechanisms, activating quiescent fibroblasts into myofibroblasts and increasing the expression of extracellular matrices. …”
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Study of the effect of azithromycin on airway remodeling in asthma via the SAPK/JNK pathway by Dannv Ma, Huaqing Du, Yi Huang, Aiwu Pan, Lu Gan

“…Relative to the OVA group, AZM and DEX treatment improved pulmonary smooth muscle thickening and bronchial epithelial fibrosis, reduced inflammatory cells, macrophages, eosinophils, neutrophils and lymphocytes in BALF, inhibited inflammatory factor TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-4 levels in BALF, and down-regulated Collagen I, Collagen III, and p-SAPK/JNK protein levels in lung tissues, with no prominent difference between the two regimens. …”
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High glucose promotes macrophage switching to the M1 phenotype via the downregulation of STAT-3 mediated autophagy. by Yu Zhao, Yuteng Jiang, Fengmei Wang, Li Sun, Mengyuan Ding, Liyuan Zhang, Beibei Wu, Xiaoliang Zhang

“…Macrophages mainly exhibit the M1 phenotype, which contributes to inflammation and fibrosis in DKD. Studies have indicated that autophagy plays an important role in M1/M2 activation. …”
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Systemic and Local Effects Among Patients With Betel Quid-Related Oral Cancer by Hui-Ching Chuang MD, PhD, FACS, Ming-Hsien Tsai MD, Yu-Tsai Lin MD, MS, FACS, Ming-Huei Chou PhD, Kun-Lin Yang MD, Chih-Yen Chien MD, FACS

“…These would lead to the local consequence of oral submucosal fibrosis, which is regarded clinically as a precancer lesion and a major cause of trismus. …”
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The Long Noncoding RNA Gm9866/Nuclear Factor-κB Axis Promotes Macrophage Polarization by Xiaomin Liao, Xianxian Ruan, Xiubing Chen, Biaolin Zheng, Xianbin Wu, Zhejun Deng, Zhe Yang, Feng Wang, Shanyu Qin, Haixing Jiang

“…Thus, long noncoding RNA Gm9866 may serve as a potential diagnostic and therapeutic target for polarization-related diseases such as infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, liver fibrosis, and tumors.…”
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Ophthalmic products with extracellular matrix components. Their effectiveness in the process of corneal repair in neurotrophic, herpetic, recurrent keratitis and erosions by D.Yu. Maychuk, A.A. Tarkhanova, I.A. Pronkin

“…The cause of this condition in most cases are infectious and inflammatory diseases of the anterior segment of the eye, the outcome of which is a violation of the architectonics of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of the cornea, clinically manifested by edema of the stroma, its fibrosis. Purpose. Comparative analysis of the effectiveness of existing ophthalmic agents based on biomimetics of ECM to stimulate the processes of reparative regeneration in neurotrophic, herpetic, recurrent keratitis and corneal erosions. …”
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Multimodal Screening for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Scleroderma: Current Methods and Future Directions by Ioan Teodor Dragoi, Ciprian Rezus, Alexandra Maria Burlui, Ioana Bratoiu, Elena Rezus

“…Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an immuno-inflammatory rheumatic disease that can affect both the skin and internal organs through fibrosis. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is one of the most severe secondary complications. …”
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Combination of Intravitreal Injection of Ranibizumab and Photocoagulation for the Treatment of Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity with Vitreous Hemorrhage by Yu Xu, Xiaoli Kang, Qi Zhang, Qiujing Huang, Jiao Lv, Peiquan Zhao

“…All eyes exhibited adequate regression of ROP and were stable with attached retina. Fibrosis membrane was observed in seven eyes (18.9%) and three of them demonstrated mild ectopic macula. …”
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Biliary atresia: The profile, management and outcome of patients treated at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa by E Brits, S M le Grange

“…Without intervention, the disease rapidly progresses to liver cirrhosis and fibrosis, with end-stage liver failure and death occurring within the first 3 years of life. …”
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Triple antiviral therapy in patient with liver cirrhosis: complications and options of pharmacological treatment by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The most common complication of triple AVT are hematological adverse events — development of anemia, neutropenia and thrombocytopenia (or aggravation of severity of the latter in patients with severe fibrosis and LC). Nowadays thrombopoietin receptors agonist (eltrombopag) which allows to provide interferon-based AVT to patients with thrombocytopenia and to optimize it, is developed and approved for clinical application. …”
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Dual RNA sequencing of a co-culture model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and human 2D upper airway organoids by Cayetano Pleguezuelos-Manzano, Wouter A. G. Beenker, Gijs J. F. van Son, Harry Begthel, Gimano D. Amatngalim, Jeffrey M. Beekman, Hans Clevers, Jeroen den Hertog

“…Abstract Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium that is notorious for airway infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) subjects. Bacterial quorum sensing (QS) coordinates virulence factor expression and biofilm formation at population level. …”
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Global scenario of silica-associated diseases: A review on emerging pathophysiology of silicosis and potential therapeutic regimes by Prasad Sherekar, Sanvidhan G. Suke, Archana Dhok, Srikant Malegaonkar, Shrikrishna A. Dhale

“…Other crystalline silica-induced pulmonary disorders include a predisposition to mycobacterial infections, obstructive airway diseases, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and lung cancer. This review paper discusses the burden of silicosis and associated co-morbidities in developed as well as developing countries globally using the published data of various government agencies, related organizations, and epidemiological findings. …”
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Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Methotrexate-Induced Gonadal Damage in Rats: Role of SCF, mTOR, and SIRT-1 by Kübra Tuğçe KALKAN, Betül YALÇIN, Özge CENGİZ MAT, Arzu Hanım YAY

“…The ovary showed substantial follicular degeneration (p<0.05), vascular congestion (p<0.01), and fibrosis (p<0.001). MTX reduced SCF immunoreactivity density in the testis and ovary (p<0.05). …”
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