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Inflammation and Natural Products: 2nd Edition
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Inflammation and Natural Products: 2nd Edition

A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 1253

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Prof. Dr. Azahara Rodríguez-Luna

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Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Dos Hermanas, 41704 Sevilla, Spain
Interests: urticaria; immune-mediated skin diseases; machine learning; artificial intelligence
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Dr. Salvador González

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Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Faculty of Medicine, Alcalá de Henares University, 28805 Madrid, Spain
Interests: skin; photoprotection; skin cancer; inflammation; natural products; confocal microscopy
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Dr. Irene García Domínguez

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Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Dos Hermanas, 41704 Sevilla, Spain
Interests: inflammation; natural products; neuro-inflammation; microalgae; microglia; behavior

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the second edition of the Special Issue of Life, titled "Inflammation and Natural Products: 2nd Edition”.

Terrestrial and marine environments continue to be inexhaustible sources of active compounds and extracts that have been employed in medicine throughout history. The aim of this Special Issue is to compile new approaches on compounds and extracts isolated from natural products, focusing on their biological activity with an emphasis on anti-inflammatory pathways. Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of full papers, short communications, and review articles on natural products (from terrestrial or marine sources), as well as secondary metabolites from microorganisms and plants that exhibit significant anti-inflammatory activity.

This Special Issue aims to serve as a reference text for researchers and academia studying natural products and their pharmacological activities. We invite researchers working in the field of natural products and related pathways to publish their recent findings in this second edition of the Special Issue of Life.

We look forward to your contributions and are confident that this Special Issue will provide valuable information and new insights in the field of inflammation and natural products.

Prof. Dr. Azahara Rodríguez-Luna
Dr. Salvador González
Dr. Irene García Domínguez
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • natural products
  • inflammation
  • biological activity
  • anti-inflammatory activity
  • antioxidant activity
  • anticancer potential
  • terrestrial products
  • marine products
  • phytochemistry
  • pharmacology

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Endarachne binghamiae Extract Ameliorates Inflammatory Responses in Macrophages Through Regulation of MAPK, NF-kB and PI3K/AKT Pathways, and Prevents Acute Lung Injury in Mice
by Sang-Hoon Lee, Sang-Seop Lee, Ga-Young Lee, Seung-Yun Han, Dong-Sub Kim, Bong-Ho Lee and Yung-Choon Yoo
Life 2025, 15(1), 88; https://doi.org/10.3390/life15010088 - 13 Jan 2025
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In this study, the anti-inflammatory effect of the hot water extract of Endarachne binghamiae (EB-WE), a type of marine brown algae, was investigated in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells and an acute lung injury (ALI) mouse model induced by intranasal LPS administration. Treatment with [...] Read more.
In this study, the anti-inflammatory effect of the hot water extract of Endarachne binghamiae (EB-WE), a type of marine brown algae, was investigated in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells and an acute lung injury (ALI) mouse model induced by intranasal LPS administration. Treatment with EB-WE significantly inhibited NO and pro-inflammatory cytokine (TNF-a and IL-6) production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. In mRNA analysis, the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, COX-2, and iNOS mRNAs, was down-regulated by EB-WE treatment. The phosphorylation of MAPK, IkB, and PI3K/AKT molecules responsible for signal pathways during inflammation in LPS-stimulated macrophages was also significantly inhibited by EB-WE. In an in vivo model for ALI, oral administration of EB-WE significantly reduced the level of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-a, IL-1b, and IL-6) and chemokines (MCP-1, CXC-16, CXCL1, and TARC) in serum or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of mice. Similarly to the results in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells, treatment with EB-WE significantly inhibited intracellular signal pathways mediated by MAPK, IkB, and PI3K/AKT in lung tissues of mice with ALI, and also decreased the expression of mRNAs of inflammatory mediators such as TNF-a, IL-6, iNOS, and COX-2. Furthermore, the inhibitory effect of EB-WE on ALI was apparently confirmed in histological examination through lung tissue staining. Taken together, it is clear that EB-WE has potential activity to effectively ameliorate the inflammatory responses in macrophages through down-regulation of MAPK, NF-kB, and PI3K/AKT activation, and suppress acute lung injury induced by LPS. These findings strongly suggest that EB-WE is a promising natural product beneficial for developing preventive treatments and cures of inflammation-related diseases. Full article
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