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Anti-Inflammatory Therapy in Chronic Disease: Challenges and Opportunities

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Tabas, Ira, Glass, Christopher K.·2013·Science

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A number of widespread and devastating chronic diseases, including atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease, have a pathophysiologically important inflammatory component. In these diseases, the precise identity of the inflammatory stimulus is often unknown and, if known, is difficult to remove. Thus, there is interest in therapeutically targeting the inflammatory response. Although there has been success with anti-inflammatory therapy in chronic diseases triggered by primary inflammation dysregulation or autoimmunity, there are considerable limitations. In particular, the inflammatory response is critical for survival. As a result, redundancy, compensatory pathways, and necessity narrow the risk:benefit ratio of anti-inflammatory drugs. However, new advances in understanding inflammatory signaling and its links to resolution pathways, together with new drug development, offer promise in this area of translational biomedical research.

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  • Many chronic inflammatory diseases, including advanced atherosclerosis, are characterized by an imbalance between pro-resolving and pro-inflammatory mediators such as leukotrienes, leading to defective resolution, tissue injury, and DAMP-mediated inflammation.

    “Many chronic inflammatory diseases, including advanced atherosclerosis, are characterized by an imbalance between pro-resolving and pro-inflammatory mediators, such as leukotrienes, leading to defective resolution of inflammation, tissue injury and damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP)-mediated inflammation31–33.”
  • SPMs suppress inflammation but, unlike anti-inflammatory drugs, promote both repair and continued pathogen clearance.

    “From a translational perspective, SPMs suppress inflammation but, unlike anti-inflammatory drugs, these pro-resolving mediators promote both repair and continued pathogen clearance33,213–215.”
  • Anti-IL-1β antibody therapy was associated with a small but significant increase in certain fatal infections, explainable by the host defence-compromising potential of pure anti-inflammatory therapy.

    “Unfortunately, the anti-IL-1β antibody therapy was associated with a small but significant increase in certain fatal infections212, which can be explained by the host defence-compromising potential of a pure anti-inflammatory therapy33.”

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Authors
Tabas, I., & Glass, C. K.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
  • Tabas, Ira
  • Glass, Christopher K.
Venue
Science
Published
2013-01-11
Volume
339
Issue
6116
Pages
166-172
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2020466729
Cited by
1,093
References
74
Citations by year
2026: 50 · 2025: 57 · 2024: 60 · 2023: 74 · 2022: 82 · 2021: 75 · 2020: 97 · 2019: 85 · 2018: 104 · 2017: 91 · 2016: 77 · 2015: 95 · 2014: 85 · 2013: 59 · 2012: 1
FWCI
13.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P01HL054591, R01HL106019, HC088093, R01HL057560, P01HL087123, R01HL075662, R01HL107497)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK 074868, DK091183, P01DK074868, R01DK091183)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Fatty Acid Research and Health
Keywords
anti-inflammatory therapy, chronic disease, inflammation, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, inflammatory signaling, inflammation resolution, compensatory pathways, drug development
MeSH terms
Animals, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Autoimmune Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Chronic Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Inflammation, Neurodegenerative Diseases

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