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Review
. 2012 Jun;12(3):275-86.
doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2012.02.016. Epub 2012 Apr 11.

Selective PDE inhibitors as novel treatments for respiratory diseases

Clive P Page  1 , Domenico Spina
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Selective PDE inhibitors as novel treatments for respiratory diseases

Clive P Page et al. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are a family of enzymes which catalyse the metabolism of the intracellular cyclic nucleotides, c-AMP and c-GMP that are expressed in a variety of cell types and in the context of respiratory diseases, It is now recognised that the use of PDE3, PDE4 and mixed PDE3/4 inhibitors can provide clinical benefit to patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The orally active PDE4 inhibitor Roflumilast-n-oxide has been approved for treatment of severe exacerbations of COPD as add-on therapy to standard drugs. This review discusses the involvement of PDEs in airway diseases and various strategies that are currently being pursued to improve efficacy and reduce side-effects of PDE4 inhibitors, including delivery via the inhaled route, mixed PDE inhibitors and/or antisense biologicals targeted towards PDE4.

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