SIGNIFICANCEPDE4 inhibitors are clinically validated molecules with considerable efficacy but relatively low safety profile in treating chronic inflammatory diseases. Therefore, the potential expansion of clinical indications of these molecules is relatively unexplored.Bringing to bear medicinal chemistry and bio-conjugation methods, we generated αhuCD11a-PDE4 and its mouse equivalent αmuCD11a-PDE4, which target the pan-immune cell surface antigen CD11a and demonstrated potent in vitro suppression of inflammation that is explicitly receptor-dependent. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis of αmuCD11a in vivo revealed translation of these effects. With antibody-based therapies becoming a mainstay in the treatment of inflammation, this study provides critical validation for a new paradigm which could lead to second generation PDE4 inhibitors with an improved safety and efficacy.