Chlorogenic acid suppresses pulmonary eosinophilia, IgE production, and Th2-type cytokine production in an ovalbumin-induced allergic asthma: activation of STAT-6 and JNK is inhibited by chlorogenic acid.

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by reversible airway obstruction, airway hyperreactivity, and remodeling of the airways. Chlorogenic acid (CGA), an ester of caffeic acid with quinic acid, is one of the most abundant polyphenol compounds in various agricultural products. CGA shows various biological properties, such as anti-oxidant, anti-viral, anti-carcinogenic and anti-inflammatory activities.

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin up-regulates stathmin 1 in the eye: suggestive evidence for the involvement of stathmin 1 in accelerated eye opening in mice induced by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.

When pregnant mice were exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), the average time to eye opening in the offspring was shortened by about a day. How acceleration of eye opening by TCDD occurs remains unknown. To reveal the underlying mechanisms of the accelerated eye opening, pregnant mice were intraperitoneally injected with corn oil or TCDD at GD (gestation day) 11, and tissues around the eye of neonatal mice were subject to proteome analysis and RT-PCR.