PMID- 32098546 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210219 LR - 20210219 IS - 1747-6356 (Electronic) IS - 1747-6348 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 5 DP - 2020 May TI - Clinical relevance of understanding mitogen-activated protein kinases involved in asthma. PG - 501-510 LID - 10.1080/17476348.2020.1735365 [doi] AB - Introduction: Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are a large family of evolutionary conserved intracellular enzymes that play a pivotal role in signaling pathways mediating the biologic actions of a wide array of extracellular stimuli.Areas covered: MAPKs are implicated in most pathogenic events involved in asthma, including both inflammatory and structural changes occurring in the airways. Indeed, MAPKs are located at the level of crucial convergence points within the signal transduction networks activated by many cytokines, chemokines, growth factors, and other inducers of bronchial inflammation and remodeling such as immunoglobulin E (IgE) and oxidative stress.Expert opinion: Therefore, given the growing importance of MAPKs in asthma pathobiology, these signaling enzymes are emerging as key intracellular pathways whose upstream activation can be inhibited by biological drugs such as anti-cytokines and anti-IgE. FAU - Pelaia, Corrado AU - Pelaia C AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Vatrella, Alessandro AU - Vatrella A AD - Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. FAU - Crimi, Claudia AU - Crimi C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9088-5214 AD - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. FAU - Gallelli, Luca AU - Gallelli L AD - Department of Health Science, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Terracciano, Rosa AU - Terracciano R AD - Department of Health Science, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. FAU - Pelaia, Girolamo AU - Pelaia G AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20200228 PL - England TA - Expert Rev Respir Med JT - Expert review of respiratory medicine JID - 101278196 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Asthma/*enzymology/immunology/metabolism MH - Bronchi/enzymology/metabolism MH - Cytokines/immunology MH - Humans MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Signal Transduction OTO - NOTNLM OT - Asthma OT - ERK OT - JNK OT - MAPK inhibitors OT - MAPKs OT - p38 EDAT- 2020/02/27 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/20 06:00 CRDT- 2020/02/27 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/27 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/17476348.2020.1735365 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Rev Respir Med. 2020 May;14(5):501-510. doi: 10.1080/17476348.2020.1735365. Epub 2020 Feb 28.