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New Therapeutic Targets in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Aiming to Rein in Runaway Wound-Healing Responses

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Ahluwalia, Neil, Shea, Barry S., Tager, Andrew M.·2014·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease, with a median survival as short as 3 years from the time of diagnosis and no pharmacological therapies yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. To address the great unmet need for effective IPF therapy, a number of new drugs have recently been, or are now being, evaluated in clinical trials. The rationales for most of these therapeutic candidates are based on the current paradigm of IPF pathogenesis, in which recurrent injury to the alveolar epithelium is believed to drive aberrant wound healing responses, resulting in fibrosis rather than repair. Here we discuss drugs in recently completed or currently ongoing phase II and III IPF clinical trials in the context of their putative mechanisms of action and the aberrant repair processes they are believed to target: innate immune activation and polarization, fibroblast accumulation and myofibroblast differentiation, or extracellular matrix deposition and stiffening. Placed in this context, the positive results of recently completed trials of pirfenidone and nintedanib, and results that will come from ongoing trials of other agents, should provide valuable insights into the still-enigmatic pathogenesis of this disease, in addition to providing benefits to patients with IPF.

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Authors
Ahluwalia, N., Shea, B. S., & Tager, A. M.
Venue
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Published
2014-10-15
Volume
190
Issue
8
Pages
867-878
ISSN
  • 1073-449X (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-4970
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W2045730105
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235
References
33
FWCI
20.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Ahluwalia, N., Shea, B. S., & Tager, A. M. (2014). New Therapeutic Targets in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Aiming to Rein in Runaway Wound-Healing Responses. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201403-0509pp

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