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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common and severe type of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP), and which is currently no method was developed to restore normal structure and function. There are several reports on therapeutic effects of adult stem cell transplantations in animal models of pulmonary fibrosis. However, little is known about how mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) can repair the IPF. In this study, we try to provide the evidence to show that transplanted mesenchymal ste

Purpose: Diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) can induce and trigger airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and inflammation. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of long-term DEP exposure on AHR, inflammation, lung fibrosis, and goblet cell hyperplasia in a mouse model. Methods: BALB/c mice were exposed to DEPs 1 hour a day for 5 days a week for 3 months in a closed-system chamber attached to a ultrasonic nebulizer (low dose: 100 μg/m3 DEPs, high dose: 3 mg/m3 DEPs). The control group was e

Allergic airway diseases are related to exposure to atmospheric pollutants, which have been suggested to be one factor in the increasing prevalence of asthma. Little is known about the effect of ozone and diesel exhaust particulates (DEP) on the devel-opment or aggravation of asthma. We have used a mouse asthma model to deter-mine the effect of ozone and DEP on airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation. Methacholine enhanced pause (Penh) was measured. Levels of IL-4 and IFN- were quantified in

Nano-sized systems have been used extensively for the delivery of various therapeutics, such as pharmaceuticals, proteins, and nucleic acids. Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles secreted from parent cells by fusion of multivesicular late endosomes with the plasma membrane, which act as an intercellular communication mediator and contain bioactive molecules. Thus, exosomes may possess potential as a natural delivery system. Polymersomes are synthetic vesicles composed of external bilayers,

This study introduces a novel gene delivery system, polyethyleneimine modified with isoprenaline (PEI–isoprenaline), to enhance targeted gene delivery in the context of asthma therapy and airway remodeling. In vitro investigations used Beas2B cells to assess the biocompatibility of isoprenaline, PEI–isoprenaline, and small interfering RNA (siRNA)/PEI–isoprenaline complexes, with cytotoxicity evaluations confirming their safety. The transfection efficiency of the siRNA/PEI–isoprenaline complex wa

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease triggered by allergic reactions in the bronchia. These reactions lead to swelling of mucous membranes, hypersecretion of mucus, and bronchoconstriction, resulting in a restricted opening of the lung airway. Allergic pulmonary inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness are induced when Th2 cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13, bind to their cognate receptors on lung epithelial cells. Specifically, IL-13 stimulates inflammation through a multi-s