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However, it remains unclear whether uRO, EA, and UA reduce inflammatory responses and oxidative stress in respiratory epithelial cells and neutrophils. In this study, inflammation was induced in A549 (human lung epithelial cells) and dHL-60 cells (neutrophil-like cells differentiated from human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells) and treated with various concentrations of water extract of uRO (uRO-w), EA, and UA. EA, uRO-w and UA suppressed the inflammatory cytokine and chemokine levels and reduced the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in A549 cells stimulated with IL-1\u03b2. As a result of analyzing the mechanism by which these inflammatory molecules are expressed, it was found that EA, uRO-w, and UA regulated corticosteroid-sensitive mitogen activated protein kinase, nuclear factor \u03baB, and corticosteroid-insensitive AKT. In addition, uRO-w, EA, and UA significantly reduced reactive oxygen species levels in phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-stimulated dHL-60 cells and inhibited neutrophil extracellular trap formation. Therefore, our results suggest that uRO-w, EA, and UA are potential therapeutic agents for preventing and treating inflammatory respiratory diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu15153364","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,31]],"date-time":"2023-07-31T01:48:50Z","timestamp":1690768130000},"page":"3364","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Unripe Rubus occidentalis, Ellagic Acid, and Urolithin A Attenuate Inflammatory Responses in IL-1\u03b2-Stimulated A549 Cells and PMA-Stimulated Differentiated HL-60 Cells"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Soojin","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jiyeon","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"KOSA BIO lnc., Namyangju-si 12106, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Youngcheon","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"PADAM Natural Material Research Institute, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sangbum","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hyunseok","family":"Kong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"PADAM Natural Material Research Institute, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"College of Animal Biotechnology and Resource, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"399","article-title":"Management of airway mucus hypersecretion in chronic airway inflammatory disease: Chinese expert consensus (English edition)","volume":"13","author":"Shen","year":"2018","journal-title":"Int. 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