Intro to Pharm of Inflammation Flashcards
Etanercept
inhibits cytokines
Infliximab
inhibits cytokines
Aspirin
inhibits
prostaglandins
NSAID
inhibits prostaglandins
Zileuton
inhibits leukotrienes
Zafirlukast
inhibits
leukotrienes
Steroid
inhibit cytokines,
prostaglandins, leukotrienes,
cell adhesion molecules
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drug
inhibits prostaglandins
What are the two reasons that Inflammation is essential to survival?
- Self Protection
2. Healing Process
How is inflammation involved in Self-Protection
to rid the organism of both the initial cause of cell injury (e.g.,
microbes, toxins) and the consequences of such injury (e.g.,
necrotic cells and tissues).
how is inflammation involved in the healing process
Repair begins during inflammation but usually isn’t complete until whatever caused the injury has been neutralized. In the process of repair the injured tissue is replaced through regeneration of native parenchymal cells and or by filling in the defect with fibrous tissue
Why is inflammation important in medicine?
- It can be inappropriately triggered or poorly controlled
- inflammation can cause tissue injury in many diseases (even though it is involved in the healing process)
- Inflammatory reactions underlie many common chronic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, and lung fibrosis, maybe even type II diabetes Alzheimers and cancer
- Inflammatory reactions underlie life threatening hypersensitivity reactions (ex: dog bites, drugs, toxins)
Describe what an ideal anti-inflammatory drug would do
Anti-inflammatory drugs would ideally control the harmful effects of inflammation yet not interfere with its beneficial effects
Describe the general components of an inflammatory response
There are several mediators that lead to inflammation and they all have different sources, targets and responses but they all work together!
What are the 5 signs/components of inflammation
- Calor/Heat
- Tumor/Swelling
- Rubor/Redness
- Dolor/Pain
- Loss of Function
Physiological Responses to ACUTE inflammation
- Vasodilation
- Increase in vascular permeability
- Accumulation of inflammatory cells
What is the general relationship between acute and chronic inflammation
Acute inflammation may progress to chronic but Chronic can also occur on its own.
ex: Viral infections, chronic infections, persistent injury, autoimmune diseases
- A trigger occurs that leads to both acute and chronic inflammation. And acute may progress into chronic
Acute inflammation
-Rapid onset (minutes)
-Short duration (hours to a few days)
-main characteristic is edema
-main cell type:leukocytes mostly neutophils (PMNs)
-triggered by:
*infection and microbial
toxins
*tissue necrosis
(ischemia, trauma,
physical and chemical
injury (burns or frostbite),
irradiation,
exposure to some
environmental
chemicals)
*foreign bodies (splinters,
dirt, sutures)
Chronic Inflammation
-Prolonged duration
(weeks or months)
may follow acute inflammation or may begin without any manifestations of an acute reaction.
-Main cell type: monocyte -Main characteristic: fibrosis
What are the initiators of chronic inflammation
1.Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases 2. Prolonged exposure to potentially toxic agents, either exogenous or endogenous.