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ReviewThe Journal of international medical research2025

Research progress on the effect of neutrophil elastase and its inhibitors in respiratory diseases.

Cheng-Cheng Liang, Ji Zhao, Yan-Qiu Zhang, Jian Chen, Yong Wang

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Review in The Journal of international medical research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Rodent Models of Lung Disease: A Road Map for Translational Research.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Cheng-Cheng LiangDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, Huaibei Miners General Hospital, China.
Ji ZhaoDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, Huaibei Miners General Hospital, China.
Yan-Qiu ZhangDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, Huaibei Miners General Hospital, China.
Jian ChenDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, Huaibei Miners General Hospital, China.
Yong WangDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, Huaibei Miners General Hospital, China.ORCID 0009-0004-8689-9121

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neutrophil elastase is a serine protease secreted by neutrophils that plays a crucial role in the onset and progression of various respiratory diseases. The imbalance between neutrophil elastase and its endogenous inhibitors can contribute to the onset and progression of respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. The excessive release of neutrophil elastase contributes to multiple pathophysiological processes, such as disruption of the alveolar-capillary barrier, oxidative stress and inflammatory responses, autophagy, and apoptosis. The use of neutrophil elastase as a biomarker in disease assessment and prognosis prediction as well as the potential of neutrophil elastase inhibitors in clinical treatment have shown broad application prospects. Neutrophil elastase inhibitors have certain limitations such as off-target effects, poor lung bioavailability, cost considerations, and variability in patient responses. This article reviews the literature on neutrophil elastase and its inhibitors in the field of respiratory diseases, aiming to provide new insights into the diagnosis and treatment of related respiratory diseases.

Indexed as

Leukocyte ElastaseAnimalsBiomarkersHumansNeutrophilsBiomarkersLeukocyte Elastaseendogenous neutrophil elastase inhibitorsNeutrophil elastaseneutrophil elastase inhibitorsrespiratory diseasessynthetic neutrophil elastase inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID40579944
PMCPMC12206257

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