Liu Ting, Guo Feng, Zhu Xiaomin, He Xiangge, Xie Lin
Department of Ophthalmology, Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, People's Liberation Army, Chongqing 400042, P.R. China.
Exp Ther Med. 2017 Dec;14(6):5251-5257. doi: 10.3892/etm.2017.5209. Epub 2017 Sep 27.
The US Food and Drug Administration approved thalidomide and its analogues for the treatment of erythema nodosum leprosum, in spite of the notoriety of reports of severe birth defects in the middle of the last century. As immunomodulatory drugs, thalidomide and its analogues have been used to effectively treat various diseases. In the present review, preclinical data about the effects of thalidomide and its analogues on the immune system are integrated, including the effects of cytokines on transdifferentiation, the anti-inflammatory effect, immune cell function regulation and angiogenesis. The present review also investigates the latest developments of thalidomide as a therapeutic option for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, skin fibrosis, and ophthalmopathies.
尽管在上世纪中叶有关于严重出生缺陷的报道臭名昭著,但美国食品药品监督管理局仍批准了沙利度胺及其类似物用于治疗麻风结节性红斑。作为免疫调节药物,沙利度胺及其类似物已被用于有效治疗各种疾病。在本综述中,整合了关于沙利度胺及其类似物对免疫系统影响的临床前数据,包括细胞因子对转分化的影响、抗炎作用、免疫细胞功能调节和血管生成。本综述还研究了沙利度胺作为治疗特发性肺纤维化、皮肤纤维化和眼病的治疗选择的最新进展。