https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Asthma during pregnancy alters immune cell profile and airway epithelial chemokine release https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:11181 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:12:55 AEDT ]]> Animal models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:16896 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:58:48 AEDT ]]> Airway epithelial regulation of pulmonary immune homeostasis and inflammation https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:20982 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:54:20 AEDT ]]> Salmeterol attenuates chemotactic responses in rhinovirus-induced exacerbation of allergic airways disease by modulating protein phosphatase 2A https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:21337 in vitro. Objective: We sought to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which ß-agonists exert anti-inflammatory effects in allergen-driven and rhinovirus 1B-exacerbated allergic airways disease (AAD). Methods: Mice were sensitized and then challenged with house dust mite to induce AAD while receiving treatment with salmeterol, formoterol, or salbutamol. Mice were also infected with rhinovirus 1B to exacerbate lung inflammation and therapeutically administered salmeterol, dexamethasone, or the PP2A-activating drug (S)-2-amino-4-(4-[heptyloxy]phenyl)-2-methylbutan-1-ol (AAL[S]). Results: Systemic or intranasal administration of salmeterol protected against the development of allergen- and rhinovirus-induced airway hyperreactivity and decreased eosinophil recruitment to the lungs as effectively as dexamethasone. Formoterol and salbutamol also showed anti-inflammatory properties. Salmeterol, but not dexamethasone, increased PP2A activity, which reduced CCL11, CCL20, and CXCL2 expression and reduced levels of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and active nuclear factor κB subunits in the lungs. The anti-inflammatory effect of salmeterol was blocked by targeting the catalytic subunit of PP2A with small RNA interference. Conversely, increasing PP2A activity with AAL(S) abolished rhinovirus-induced airway hyperreactivity, eosinophil influx, and CCL11, CCL20, and CXCL2 expression. Salmeterol also directly activated immunoprecipitated PP2A in vitro isolated from human airway epithelial cells. Conclusions: Salmeterol exerts anti-inflammatory effects by increasing PP2A activity in AAD and rhinovirus-induced lung inflammation, which might potentially account for some of its clinical benefits.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:52:49 AEDT ]]> TLR4 signaling is a major mediator of the female tract response to seminal fluid in mice https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37674 Fri 12 Mar 2021 10:01:58 AEDT ]]>