Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of budesonide in asthma

Publication date: October 2016 Source:Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Volume 40 Author(s): Girolamo Pelaia, Alessandro Vatrella, Maria Teresa Busceti, Francesco Fabiano, Rosa Terracciano, Maria Gabriella Matera, Rosario Maselli Inhaled glucocorticoids are the mainstay of asthma treatment. Indeed, such therapeutic agents effectively interfere with many pathogenic circuits underpinning asthma. Among these drugs, during the last decades budesonide has been probably the most used molecule in both experimental studies and clinical practice. Therefore, a large body of evidence clearly shows that budesonide, either alone or in combination with long-acting bronchodilators, provides a successful control of asthma in many patients ranging throughout the overall spectrum of disease severity. These excellent therapeutic properties of budesonide basically depend on its molecular mechanisms of action, capable of inhibiting within the airways the activity of multiple immune-inflammatory and structural cells involved in asthma pathobiology.
Source: Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research