Less than two years ago, in October 2021, a group of investors bid at auction on a promising monoclonal antibody to treat asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis and other inflammatory conditions, winning the asset known as UPB-101, the sole focus of the then-newly launched Upstream Bio Inc.
Glucocorticoids are very effective immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory drugs that cause dose-limiting toxicities in brain, liver and bone preventing their use mainly in chronic disorders. Researchers from Immunext Inc. recently reported results from the therapeutic evaluation of the nontoxic glucocorticoid INX-200 with anti-inflammatory efficacy in a once-per-month injection.
Researchers at Academia Sinica, CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas) and Universidad de Sevilla have divulged 5-aminohexahydro-6,7,8-trihydroxy-3h-oxazolo[3,4-a]pyridin-3-one derivatives acting as Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4; CD284) antagonists or TLR4 agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease, metabolic syndrome, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, allergic rhinitis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, atherosclerosis and infections, among others, and also as vaccine adjuvants.
PARP14 is an ADP-ribosyltransferase that transfers ADP-ribose from NAD+ onto the appropriate protein target. PARP14 selectively binds to STAT6 and promotes expression of IL-4-regulated genes, thus modulating inflammatory signaling pathways. PARP14 is overexpressed in tissues from patients with dermatomyositis, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis and other inflammatory disorder cells compared to normal tissues.
Mast cell-expressed membrane protein 1 (MCEMP1) is a type II transmembrane protein predominantly expressed in myeloid lineage immune cells, including lung-resident mast cells and alveolar macrophages. MCEMP1 is a critical factor in allergic and inflammatory lung diseases, with higher expression levels correlating with increased disease severity. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the role of MCEMP1 in the pathogenesis of lung inflammatory diseases remain unclear.
Visionhealth GmbH will use the €3 million (US$3.2 million) it recently raised in a pre-series A financing to conduct a clinical trial on its digital health app designed to provide more accurate dosing of treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Lung Therapeutics Inc. has divulged conjugates comprising epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) blockers (particularly, amiloride and benzamil) covalently linked to peptides to retain in lung tissues reported to be useful for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, primary ciliary dyskinesia, pulmonary emphysema, pneumonia and bronchiectasis.
Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a peptide hormone found predominantly in the gastrointestinal tract and throughout the central nervous system (CNS), and which has been also shown to stimulate the secretion of calcitonin, insulin and glucagon and to act as a natriuretic kidney peptide. Researchers from Harvard University and affiliated organizations aimed to assess the function of CCK in obesity-induced airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and asthma.
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. have described NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Suzhou Suncadia Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. have synthesized isoquinolone compounds acting as phosphodiesterase PDE3A and/or PDE4 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sepsis, nephritis, diabetes, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis and rheumatic diseases.
