Description
Budesonideisacorticosteroidwithstrongglucocorticoidandweakmineralocorticoidcharacteristics.Budesonideexhibitsanti-inflammatoryandanti-asthmaactivitiesandisusedclinicallytotreatCrohn’sdisease,inflammatoryboweldisease(IBD),andchronicobstructivepulmonarydisorder(COPD).Inanimalmodels,budesonideinducespulmonaryvasoconstriction.BudesonideinhibitsexpressionofIL-32inlungsandimprovespulmonaryfunctioninanimalmodelsofcigarettesmoking-inducedCOPD.Additionally,budesonidedecreasesTGF-β1-inducedVEGFsecretionandactivationofERKandSmad3inlungfibroblasts.BudesonidealsoinducesDNAhypermethylation.
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