Review Article

Medicine Targeting Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Treat Airway Remodeling and Pulmonary Fibrosis Progression

Table 2

Herbal compounds that act on EMT in different respiratory symptoms.

CompoundsModelEMT-related target

Glycyrrhizin [52]OVA-induced asthma in miceTGF-β1/Smad
Diosmetin [53, 54]TGF-induced HBE16 cellsPI3K/Akt, MAPK
Sinomenine [55]OVA-induced asthma in miceTGF-β1
Emodin [56]Rat type-II alveolar epithelial cells (RLE-6TN)Notch-1, collagen I, α-SMA
Amygdalin [57]COPD mice and BEAS-2B cells exposed to smokeTGF-β/Smad3,
Hexamethoxy flavanone-o-[rhamnopyranosyl-(1,4)-rhamnopyranoside (HMFRR) [58]A549EGFR, COX-2, MMP-2, MMP-9, STAT3/NF-κB/COX-2, EGFR/PI3K/Akt
Tetrandrine [59]OVA-induced asthma in male Wistar ratsTGF-β1/Nrf-2/HO-1
Naringenin [60]Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP)-induced lung injuryIL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α, and TGF-β
Icariin [61]OVA-induced asthma in miceMAPK/Erk
Nodakenin [62]OVA-induced asthma in miceIL-4, IL-5, IL-13, MMP2/9, and NF-κB
Dioscin [63]OVA-induced asthma in mice TGF-induced HBE16TGF-β/Smad
Galangin [64]OVA-induced asthma in miceTGF-β1, MMP9, VEGF
Artesunate [65]OVA-induced asthma in miceMAPK
Ginkgolic acid [66]Pulmonary fibrosis in miceSmad4