Targeting vascular adhesion protein-1 to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Sep:1110:382-8. doi: 10.1196/annals.1423.040.

Abstract

The development of new, safe, and effective anti-inflammatory drugs represents a major challenge for the pharmaceutical industry, as well as a significant opportunity. The increasing prevalence of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases associated with an aging population has led to an intense effort to discover new anti-inflammatory drug targets and drugs acting against them. This review highlights the recent progress made in developing therapies directed against an endothelial cell adhesion molecule called vascular adhesion protein (VAP)-1 for the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease as well as highlighting other therapeutic opportunities offered by this vascular target.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing) / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Autoimmune Diseases / immunology*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / metabolism*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / pathology
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules / metabolism*
  • Endothelial Cells / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / immunology
  • Inflammation / metabolism
  • Inflammation / pathology

Substances

  • Cell Adhesion Molecules
  • Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)