Transforming growth factor-?1 (TGF-?1) was reported to
play an important
role in the pathogenesis of
asthma in many stu-dies.It can stimulate the
growth of
fibroblast and give rise to
fibrosis of
lung tissues.Many scholars think that TGF-?1 is closely related to
airway remodeling.It is a breakthrough to aim at TGF-?1 to find a way to intervene
remodeling in
asthma.
Glucocorticoid (
Dexamethasone and
Budesonide) can have an impact in some extent to
airway remodeling.In addition,
interferon-? and some
traditional chinese medicine such as ligustrazine,
tripterygium wilfordii and
ginkgo maybe effective,they all may ameliorate the progression of
airway remodeling following redu-cing partial
airway TGF-?1 expression.