title: Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in the pathogenesis of asthma.
abstract: Airway eosinophilia, epithelial desquamation, and hyperresponsiveness are characteristics of the airway inflammation underlying bronchial asthma. The contribution of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) to eosinophil migration and airway responsiveness was studied. ICAM-1 partially mediated eosinophil adhesion to to endothelium in vitro and was upregulated on inflamed bronchial endothelium in vivo. ICAM-1 expression was also upregulated on inflamed airway epithelium in vitro and in vivo. In a primate model of asthma, a monoclonal antibody to ICAM-1 attenuated airway eosinophilia and hyperresponsiveness. Thus, antagonism of ICAM-1 may provide a therapeutic approach to reducing airway inflammation, hyperresponsiveness, and asthma symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT 06877.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Wegner
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gundel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Letts
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rothlein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000941:Antigens; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D007375:Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D007371:Interferon-gamma