Enzymatic bioremediation: from enzyme discovery to applications.

abstract：:1. The role of calcium-activated potassium (KCa) channels in bronchodilation produced by a direct adenylyl cyclase activator, forskolin, was investigated. The involvement of intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) in the process was also examined. 2. The isometric tension records from guinea-pig tracheal smooth muscles indica...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Hiramatsu T,Kume H,Kotlikoff MI,Takagi K

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The hepatic reticulo-endothelial cell population is generally assumed to increase in size, along with the liver, during ageing in rats. However, this has not been rigorously established. 2. Using electron microscopy and stereological techniques, the present study has shown that the volume densities of hepatocytes a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Martin G,Sewell RB,Yeomans ND,Smallwood RA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Sulfur dioxide (SO(2) ) has recently been found to have various biological effects on the cardiovascular system. The present study was designed to explore the effects of SO(2) derivatives on the L-type calcium current (I (Ca, L) ) in isolated rat ventricular cardiomyocytes. 2. A Langendorf system was used to dissoc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhang RY,Du JB,Sun Y,Chen S,Tsai HJ,Yuan L,Li L,Tang CS,Jin HF

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To determine the effects of an acute oral dose of glibenclamide on blood pressure (BP), basal forearm vascular resistance (FVR) and FVR responses to the K+(ATP) channel activating vasodilator diazoxide, a placebo-controlled, double-blind cross-over study was performed in eight male volunteers with non-insulin-depen...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Sundaresan P,Lykos D,Daher A,Morris R,Diamond T,Howes LG

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether the specific alpha-antagonist, prazosin, stimulated basal plasma renin levels and heart rate. Furthermore the beta-adrenergic nervous system was also investigated to ascertain whether it was involved in this effect. Prazosin (0.1 or 1 mg/kg) was injected subcutaneously (s.c.) to conscio...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Atkinson J,Luthi P,Sonnay M,Boillat N

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen stable asthmatics had the protective effects of inhaled fenoterol (200 micrograms) and inhaled ipratropium bromide (60 micrograms) against standardized histamine inhalation tests at 1 h examined in a randomized double blind fashion. There was no significant difference in the baseline forced expired volume in 1...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ruffin RE,Meki M,Alpers JH

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthostatic stress triggers a response to maintain cerebral perfusion and prevent syncope. Given the hypotensive effects of inorganic nitrate this response to orthostasis may be altered by acute supplementation with inorganic nitrate and modified by ethnic origin. Caucasian and SE Asian (n = 30 for both), were recruit...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Allen K,Chuter KM,Fithon K,Marshall L,Hauton D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Aldosterone is a hormone that affects both blood pressure and glucose homeostasis. We studied the association of the aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) polymorphism -344T>C with essential hypertension (EH) and glucose homeostasis in people in China. 2. We investigated the polymorphism -344T>C in CYP11B2 using a ca...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Li XM,Ling Y,Lu DR,Lu ZQ,Yi QL,Liu Y,Chen HY,Gao X

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Chronic alcohol treatment has been reported to be associated with liver and kidney damage. The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) is the major growth factor related to alcohol consumption. However, the effect of alcohol on the IGF system in the liver and kidney has not been fully elucidated. Thus, the present study w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Park SH,Heo JS,Kang CW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor diclofenac sodium has been compared with a placebo in the treatment of primary nocturnal enuresis in a double-blind crossover trial. Twenty patients were entered: 14 female, six male; age range 6-17 years. The results showed that diclofenac sodium was significantly more effective ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Al-Waili NS

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. beta(3)-Adrenoceptors (AR) have been reported to be present in numerous species, where they mediate multiple responses. 2. The aim of the present study was to determine whether beta(3)-AR are present in intact rat heart and the functional implications of beta(3)-AR stimulation. The response to the cardiac beta(3)-A...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Barbier J,Mouas C,Rannou-Bekono F,Carré F

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Hepatic sulphobromophthalein (BSP) transport was studied in guinea-pigs pretreated intraperitoneally with 0.7 ml of diethyl maleate to depress hepatic glutathione levels. 2. Diethyl maleate depressed the hepatic transport of infused conjugated BSP from hepatocytes into bile without influencing hepatic uptake. 3. Un...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Whelan G

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study investigated whether the somatostatin receptor (SSTR) agonist, octreotide, could inhibit the activation of dorsal skin afferent fibres induced by local injection of capsaicin in the rat. 2. Single unit activity from Aδ mechano-heat sensitive (AMH; n = 41) and C mechano-heat sensitive (CMH; n = 30)...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang J,Cao DY,Guo Y,Ma SJ,Luo R,Pickar JG,Zhao Y

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the presence of many studies on the role of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) in cardiorenal tissues, the definitive role of mTOR in the pathogenesis of renal injury subsequent to ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) remains unclear. The aims of the current study were to characterize the role of mTOR in normal kidn...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Alshaman R,Truong L,Oyekan A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of endothelin-1 on the release of adrenal catecholamines was examined in anaesthetized dogs. 2. Splanchnic nerve stimulation (SNS) at 1 and 3 Hz was applied before and after the intravenous injection of endothelin-1. 3. Endothelin-1 (0.1 and 0.3 micrograms/kg) significantly enhanced the release of adrena...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Takeuchi A,Kimura T,Satoh S

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia, defined by reduced appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM)/height2 (ASMI), is associated with increased arterial stiffness (brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, baPWV) and wave reflection (augmentation index, AIx). Blood pressure (BP) responses to metaboreflex activation (post-exercise muscle ischemia, PEMI...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Figueroa A,Alvarez-Alvarado S,Jaime SJ,Johnson SA,Campbell JC,Feresin RG,Elam ML,Navaei N,Pourafshar S,Arjmandi BH

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Indices quantifying blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) variability have been recently developed and may be used to assess the contribution of the autonomic nervous system to cardiovascular fluctuations. 2. Cardiovascular variables were measured in eight conscious mice equipped with a BP telemetric device. Each...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Laude D,Baudrie V,Elghozi JL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressor responsiveness to angiotensin II (AII) and phenylephrine (PE) was examined before and after 5 days of ACTH (1 mg, i.m., daily) or hydrocortisone (200 mg, orally, daily) in six normotensive men. Pulse pressure was higher prior to PE than AII infusion, presumably due to feeding. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Whitworth JA,Connell JM,Lever AF,Fraser R

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The recognition of the role of insulin resistance in disease states and the recent development of new drugs that modify insulin-dependent metabolism has led to increased use of the euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp to measure in vivo insulin sensitivity, but several key aspects of the technique are poorly documen...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Morris AD,Ueda S,Petrie JR,Connell JM,Elliott HL,Donnelly R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Insulin-liposomes of four different lipid combinations were given intragastrically to normal rats on twenty occasions and to diabetic rats on 164 occasions. 2. Normal rats showed no hypoglycaemic response to either sonicated or unsonicated liposomes. 3. Diabetic rats failed to respond to sonicated liposomes but six...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Shenfield GM,Hill JC

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, affecting both endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Store-operated Ca2+ channels (SOCCs) have been implicated in many diabetic complications. Vascular dysfunction is common in patients with diabetes, but the role of SOCCs in diabetic vasculopathy is still unc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Schach C,Wester M,Leibl F,Redel A,Gruber M,Maier LS,Endemann D,Wagner S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Angiotensin (Ang) II plays a major role in vascular remodelling. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) are involved in the tissue remodelling processes. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether AngII modulates TIMP-2 expression in rat aortic smooth muscle cells in vivo....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Castoldi G,di Gioia CR,Travaglini C,Busca G,Redaelli S,Bombardi C,Stella A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Hepatic resection with concomitant periods of ischaemia and reperfusion (I/R) is required to perform reduced-size liver (RSL) transplantation procedures, such as living donor or split liver transplantation. Although a great deal of progress has been made using these types of surgical procedures, a significant numbe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Urakami H,Abe Y,Grisham MB

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to perform an in vivo estimation of the Michaelis-Menten constants of the major metabolic pathways of paracetamol (APAP). 2. A two-occasion, single-dose cross-over trial was performed using 60 and 90 mg/kg doses of APAP in healthy patients undergoing third molar dental extraction. P...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Reith D,Medlicott NJ,Kumara De Silva R,Yang L,Hickling J,Zacharias M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Ion gradients across the cell membrane are important for proper cellular communication and homeostasis. With the exception of erythrocytes, chloride (Cl), one of the most important free anions in animal cells, is not distributed at thermodynamic equilibrium across the plasma membrane. The K-Cl cotransporter (COT), ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gagnon KB,Fyffe RE,Adragna NC,Lauf PK

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Anoxic perfusion of the isolated rat heart releases noradrenaline in the absence of sympathetic nerve fibre stimulation. 2. Anoxic noradrenaline release is enhanced by reducing the extracellular Na+ concentration, consistent with the proposal that such release occurs by carrier-mediated efflux. 3. Release is also e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Dart AM,Riemersma RA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The turnover rate of inositol(1,4,5)trisphosphate (Ins(1,4,5)P3) in noradrenaline-stimulated adult rat left atria was calculated from changes in specific activity and was found to equal 110 ct/min per mg tissue. In contrast, the isomers of inositol mono- and bisphosphates accumulated at a rate of 508 ct/min per mg....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Anderson KE,Myers D,Woodcock EA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hantaviruses are enveloped negative (-) single-stranded RNA viruses belongs to Hantaviridae family, hosted by small rodents and entering into the human body through inhalation, causing haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) also known as hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrom...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Munir N,Jahangeer M,Hussain S,Mahmood Z,Ashiq M,Ehsan F,Akram M,Ali Shah SM,Riaz M,Sana A

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:  NADPH oxidases (Nox) are reactive oxygen species (ROS)-generating enzymes that play important physiological roles in host defence and redox signalling. However, Nox activity is upregulated in the vascular wall during atherosclerosis and contributes to plaque formation by promoting oxidative stress and inflammation. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Rivera J,Walduck AK,Strugnell RA,Sobey CG,Drummond GR

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. UbcH10 is the cancer-related E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, and its overexpression has been demonstrated in a variety of malignancies. The aim of the present study is to silence UbcH10 gene by RNA interference (RNAi) and to observe its inhibitory effect on the colorectal cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo. 2...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chen SM,Jiang CY,Wu JY,Liu B,Chen YJ,Hu CJ,Liu XX

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00